Friday, February 17, 2012

Adventures in pink

My Friday was wonderful, because it involved lots of running. There were also lots of yummy sushi involved.

After classes, I went for a nice 7.1 mile run at a 9:46/mile pace. It was pretty uneventful. I didn't want to tire my legs out too much before my long run tomorrow, but I wanted to get some quality mileage in. 

Then I finally held  a minute Plank. 
I promise I actually did the plank. I realize that a screenshot of a stopwatch doesn't prove anything. 
I thought that was going to be it for the day. I mean, a minute Plank and a 7 miler is more than I could have hoped to accomplish.

But then the bf said that he was going for a four miler at night. And I couldn't pass up a chance to go for a super easy run of 4 miles at 10:45/mile. So I threw all caution of overtraining to the wind and went running again. 
In a super bright outfit so that cars would see me. 
Even though my legs are sore and I might have to move my long run to Sunday, I'm ecstatic that I went.

We made it sort of an adventure run. 

We jumped some fences to get to a part of a trail along the lake.  * Aside - I think Stefan has a real career in butt modeling*
We soon found out why portion of the trail was closed. It wasn't that the trails weren't maintained, it was that they were working on the steps and it was missing a flight.
Who does that? Why would you take out a section of stairs? 
And because we only had my phone, I got a super weird blurry photo jumping down.
Pink ghost will haunt you if you don't get your run in. 
I hope your Friday was as full of running as mine was! Good luck on your runs during the weekend! Feel free to admonish me for running too much, I sort of deserve it. Do you ever do a workout, knowing that resting will probably do you more good? 

10 comments:

  1. Hey...you looked like you had a great time...so who cares?)

    Love the pink!

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  2. Love the outfit, you should keep that as an option for the relay! We would definitely be able to notice you!

    You should get Stefan some real running clothes.

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    1. Haha. I should. But what do boys wear? He'd never wear running tights.

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    2. Mike has some pants, they aren't really baggy but they are made of wicking fabric. I would just be worried about chafing with cotton sweatpants!

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    3. True. I will definitely look into wicking fabric men's running pants.

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  3. that colour pink is actually one of my favourite colours...was one of my wedding colours! nice job on getting two runs in!

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    1. That's cool that pink was part of your wedding color!

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  4. You crack me up! You're so fast you are just a pink blur!

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  5. I would never turn down a second run either. Good job. :)

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