Find Your Beauty
We allow ourselves to appreciate the beauty of nature- flowers, whatever the length of their stem or the shape of their petals; clouds in the sky, however wispy or puffy- so why don’t we treat ourselves with the same admiration? Just like every bloom, blade or grass or ray of sun, we are beautiful. Sometimes, you have to slow down long enough to let that sink in.
~A moment for yourself (SELF Magazine)
Happy almost Labor Day Weekend! I hope you have a long holiday weekend away from work. Dan and I are going to the lake house with his family this weekend so I needed to get all my serious runs in during the week.
On Tuesday I did double sessions. Vinyassa yoga in the morning and in the evening I hit the track with my dad for 6 x 400.
My dad did double sessions yesterday too. He did 9 1/2 miles in the morning and then 3 x 800 at the track with me in the afternoon. He is killing it!
Splits
*1:33 (5:51 pace)
*1:30 (5:55)
*1:32 (5:52)
*1:32 (6:06)
*1:35 (6:21)
*1:38 (6:34)
Let me tell you…it felt really good to get back to the track.
Yesterday I recovered with 6 miles.
Today my dad took off from work to do a 20 miler with me since I will be away for Labor Day weekend.
He cruelly tricked me into doing 21 miles instead. Something about the beautiful weather (it was 54 degrees when we started with almost no humidity which is unheard of in NJ in August) and a necessary detour and we ended up with 21 miles at an 8:51 pace. Not bad considering the last 20-miler we completed a few weeks ago was in the 9:19 pace.
*What are your plans for the weekend? Workouts & for fun?!
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I still haven’t done a track workout in the three years I have been running lol
I don’t really have anyone to go with me and I am not sure it will be that fun alone lol
Have fun this weekend!
I love that you and your dad are running buds! I have a marathon question.. What’s the longest long run you do before the race?
Nice way to kick off the holiday weekend! Dad is something else! I am running the Disneyland Half Marathon on Sunday so I will staying close to home! Have a great weekend!
I love it twhen that happen’s… I’m talking about the exta mile here and there, they all add up and it’s a good thing. I was also doing 400′s last night, but I have a sore throut so I only did 5 of the 15 on the program. The marathon is next month about the 23rd.
Not going away, but we don’t have a long weekend, enjoy the get away, and run, run lots…
Great job on 21 miles and track!!! I am doing 17 miles tomorrow – in the brutal Florida humidity and heat!!!
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