Monday, January 11, 2010

1.5 miles, Monday January 11

Well it's still ridiculously cold but its Monday so it's gym day with the boyfriend anyways so who cares. The snow and ice are pretty much gone though so hopefully I can try to do some runs outside this week.

Tonight I did 1.5 miles. The run was more rough than I would like and I don't think it's feeling any easier yet. Since I was at the gym I tried to work on "speed" a little bit. Speed is a very relative term here since nothing I am doing is even remotely close to "speed" but I still tried to go faster than I was going before. I varied my speed from 5.0 to 5.7 mph, and averaged 11:30 a mile. Not too horrible, but not great either. My right ankle tried to lock on me when I first started, so my left side is sore from over compensating but otherwise I feel fine.

I did notice while running I am not breathing in or out of my nose. This is probably a bi-product of bad sinuses but I seem to recall exhaling through it somewhat back when I was in high school and college. Hopefully this isn't a sign of bad blockage, seeing how my sister has 98% obstruction but the insurance company still won't pay to fix it. Oh, I love insurance companies they are my favorite special friends!

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