RUN 6.5 miles in 1:00:57
COMMUTE 9.2 miles
SWIM 1000 yards, with 2x 100y TT at 1:53 and 1:55 (really closer to 1:54 and 1:56!)
Totally great morning, might be one of the last of the t-shirt weather runs. Just me and BE today as EW on vacation, and I had some of my usual apprehension about running the loop. I've had this for years -- driving to the run and worrying about the pace and whether or not I would be able to keep up. Years of this! And again today -- without EW's more casual pace, how much would we speed up?
BE commented on the tank top weather, a spin on my t-shirt thoughts earlier. I shed the long sleeve around mile 1.5 on the Hill. We talked med students and studying, um....., his new drum corps DVD he'll watch later tonight, a few mins on last night's VP debates, um....., it was an hour we talked about more than that?
Around the skating rink I started getting thoughts of finishing this under an hour. My bad run math had me hung up a bit, this was 6.5 not 6.0 miles and the pace in the first miles was 10+ but 9's thereafter, so, thinking, it would be close. I mentioned this to BE and we agreed that maybe a "Boston time finish" would pass as acceptable. We did it!! His watch said 1:00:42, less of a squeak under the goal time. The run felt great, yes it was hard but I've done harder. The same niggle in the right hip butt crease area, seems better these days? Denial?
Digits! I wore the chest HRM, it said ave 153bpm (compared to last weeks wrist 158, and 6 minutes slower). The HR climbed steadily throughout the run -- 137 in mile 1 and creeped up to 167 at the end. It was a smooth increase too, and not cadence lock this time. Cadence great at 170 spm. The Garmin reported three new records as we walked to the parking: fastest 10K at 58 minutes, fastest 5K at 28:20, and fastest mile at 8:50! Cool!
And compare this to my 10K check on Sept 6 in 1:01:23. Taking the 10K time above, that's a 3 min increase.
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Two chrysalides eclose today, one was in a slightly deformed chrysalis and didn't look good. LA is at the house and sent updates. I love having him here, I feel guilty to go to work or train though. But I feel so good.
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SWIM ETA: I joined the 5pm wait list (this COVID bullshit has me signing up for lanes in 48 hour advance, but I also realize it's working for me as I treat it like a non-option session!) and at 330pm got the slot. Canceled my 6pm lane and left work early and happy! Today was the 100 yard TT effort, I did two and was surprised to see numbers sub-2! They aren't fast by any means, but they are good starting times as I get back into swimming. My form was a mess, I really need to focus on drilling and form and strength. And frequency!
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One thing BE did talk about was an essay he wrote for philosophy class, and which the professor didn't care for his essay and wrote something to the effect of "you didn't benefit from reading Plato!" and for some reason that started some thoughts in me. In my case, it's about all the reading and planning and podcasting etc that I've done to learn why I have my habits and how to break them. A podcast yesterday had the therapist telling someone, if you want to break the habit you have to be ready, and until you're ready you won't be able to have a normal relationship. And without that habit you'll have to find out who you are, and it will be uncomfortable, and until you're ready it won't work. And you need to find the moment at which part of you "falls asleep" when the habit starts, and you have to learn to stay awake instead of falling asleep.
Getting off topic here, but the last few days and weeks I've been ready. Off, on, off, on. Right now on. The therapist also said that at first, you'll only stay awake 1 out of 100 times, but as time goes on you'll find you're improving and gaining momentum. I feel the momentum!
It's time to let go and to sacrifice who you are for who you could become. JBP
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