Well life really happened this week. Bryan and I made it to boot camp Monday night and the plan was to do a 6 mile tempo run on Tuesday. When we run a tempo run we like to be just a little slower than race pace. Bryan was pretty busy at work Tuesday and by the time he got home a run just wasn’t in the cards. Move the run to Wednesday we thought, problem solved we thought. Wednesday ended up being a ridiculously windy day. We’re talking 60mph wind gusts. Trees were falling, shingles were blowing off roofs, and power lines were snapping…too dangerous for a run:( . I suppose we could’ve headed over to the gym and jumped on a treadmill but then my parents invited us for dinner so we chose dinner with family instead. It’s always the right choice to be with family 🙂 . Yesterday we met up with the group for our weekly hill run and I had just planned on 5 miles at whatever pace felt comfortable. We decided to climb the hill 3 times as part of the 5 miles. I felt good and really tried to push myself but I never expected what I saw on my watch at the end…
“What does that say?! Does that say 8:58/mi?!” I couldn’t believe it! I managed to run a tempo run on hills! That has never happened before. I guess the extra, unplanned rest this week worked out for the best. I also think pulling way back during my long runs has also made a difference. I haven’t been too hard on my body so when I do push myself, I seem to be seeing better results. Win! We have one more long run this weekend before we start pulling back for the Rock CF half marathon at the end of the month.
I’ve had some time off this week so I’ve played around a little in the kitchen. I really like adding a bit of spinach to scrambled eggs, super yummy, and the strawberries at the store were extra sweet this week.
Bryan and I got this awesome cookbook (Run Fast. Eat Slow) for Christmas from my brother and sister-in-law. I tried the “Recovery Quinoa Salad”. It was absolutely delicious! I’ve tried a couple of other recipes and they’ve all been great. I really like that the authors are runners and they take the time to explain why we should eat certain foods, I totally recommend this book if you’re interested in focusing on a whole-food diet. I really like that the salad recipes make quite a bit. I can make one at the beginning of the week and have enough for lunches all week and they taste just as good on the last day as they did on the first. Proof that whole-foods can be quick and convenient. Time to choose next week’s salad! Happy weekend!
What’s your favourite fruit?
Had any running breakthroughs lately? I’d love to hear about them!