Last night was literally a breath of fresh air. It was cool, comfortable, and fun.
Ellie and I set out to make amends for our relaxed training routine for the past couple of weeks. We got back on schedule with a nice forty-minute "Easy Run." The funny thing about this particular "Easy Run" was that it was just that. Easy. We ran faster than we have in a long, long time, and when we finished neither one of us were really all that tired, or even sweating much. We ran comfortably our first mile and turned in an 8:56 mile split. At this point, we were dialed in, and ran three back to back 9:30 miles.
We happily talked to each other the entire run. We weren't focused on the time, or our distance or pace. We weren't focused on pushing hard or the route we were running. We just set out and ran. We realized we put up a twenty-nine minute 5k time, and that felt great because lately we've been over thirty most days. I don't want to say it was completely effortless, because we did drop our pace once to recover a little bit, but that was pretty short-lived.
The cool night air felt absolutely amazing. It was chilly at first, but it was incredibly refreshing after the long hot and humid runs that we have grown tired of. It gave me an incredible amount of renewed energy and excitement about the fall running season. I guess I never really appreciated how running is just that much harder when the temperature is higher.
It really is amazing how just one run can completely lift my spirits. The half-marathon in a few weeks seems a whole lot less daunting this morning when I woke up compared to yesterday.
I'm pretty stoked.
Yeah the change in the weather has turned my bike commute from something that I need to do to get to work on time into something that I legit enjoy doing and look forward to. I tacked on an extra eight miles to my ride home last night just to keep enjoying it.
Awesome!! Maybe I’ll try running again, although I’m pretty sure I’ve come to the conclusion that I just hate it. The cold air felt great walking back from yoga this morning (at 8!!), I had to wear a scarf. Freezing. Yay Fall! Now I have to budget calories for pumpkin beers. Damn.
Ellie wants me to try to make a sweet-potato maple beer.. and before serving we stick a marshmellow in the neck of the bottle, and torch it… om nom nom
Also, yoooogaa
It’s going to work! I’m telling you! We just have to be careful that when we torch the marshmallow, the flame doesn’t come into contact with the cold glass bottle . . . because that could be very bad. Oh, the hazards of brewing.
That transition made sense.
Hopefully the cooler weather will get me back to hitting the bag.
Let’s here it for fall! I also actually ran a little last night because it was just so awesome out, no lead weight legs to pick up! Count me in for the pumpkin beer…just sayin’, I’ll even try the sweet potato one…