Productive Days are the Best Days

Thursdays can be a little hit or miss for me. Its not quite the weekend, but it could be if I want it and thats what I chose today. I woke up excited for oatmeal and a long run. I ate breakfast, took care of some homework (these summer classes may kill me), read my favorite blogs, drank some green tea and sent emails all before 10am! I won't lie, I was procrastinating my run, but I found my motivation in the form of a great playlist and hit the road.


Last week I set the goal of a 65 minute long run. My long term goal is to get up to a half marathon time, around 2:30. However, I was all aboard the Struggle Bus on my run last week. For some reason, my body was telling me 'no way'. Even on the flat roads and a slow pace my heartrate was up around 182, telling me something was off (a moderate pace keeps me at 165). Maybe I was overambitious or maybe my body just wasn't up to it last week, but I wanted to try something a little different today. I went with another interval workout to keep my mind in the game and I'm really pleased with the workout.

• Part 1:
• - 5 min walking warmup
• - 10 min run; moderate pace
• - 2 minute walk, 1 min fast run (past a comfortable pace), 2 minute walk
• --- I repeated this twice, making up half of my workout---
• Part 2:
• - 1 min fast run (past comfortable...sprint last 10s), 1 min walk (x5)
• - 2 minute walk, 1 min fast run (past a comfortable pace), 2 minute walk
• ---I repeated this twice, making up the other half of the workout

I actually had a lot of fun challenging myself on the way back. I had originally planned to repeat part 1 4x, but I was feeling good and wanted to work some more on pushing outside of my comfort zone. It was a challenge sprinting at the end, but it felt good when I was done!


The rest of my day was spent running errands (read: buying a new dress), cleaning up my moms and doing some yard work. My bro came home today, so we're celebrating with a bbq and drinks! I just had some DELICIOUS grilled corn and I'm ready for some strawberry-mango frozen drinks.  


Enjoy the rest of your beautiful Thursday and till next time...