Good Saturday run

As I put in my title today's run was good but a little tough. I started out on my own (well, with Marin of course) for a mile and a half before the group run. I parked at the breakfast place so I could finish right at breakfast. GREAT IDEA! Richard was running 18 miles so we could all have breakfast together. ....back to the run. The group had a good pace and we were running in the 9s for most of the intervals. We only had to run 6 today so the extra 3 was good. I ran 9 in total. My average heart rate was much better at 166 bpm. Over the last year, I seem to average between 164 and 167 on the long runs. I still am not taking in enough shot blocks. I cannot seem to be consistent when I run with Marin. On my own, the routine is there but I struggle to remember when I have the stroller. We are also running mile intervals so it's possible that I am so excited about the break that I forget to take in fuel. Something to work on.... Breakfast after the run was great. The last two weeks I have been a little nauseous after eating. It's probably the heat because it happened last week too. I will watch for this. Richard mentioned that he felt the same way, but then again, he ran 18 miles vs my 9!

I didn't post my Thursday run comments so here they are. Because we had a dinner party on Wednesday night (who does that anyway????), Richard was going to run Thursday evening so I decided to try to run at lunch from the office. That was a CRAZY idea! It was smokin' hot!! Near 100 or so they tell me. I tried to run in the shade but I didn't do a very good job. I had mapped out a route which clearly needs to be changed if I am ever to do that again. I managed to run 4 miles but I have to admit that I stopped a few times more than usual. It was also a strange run because I couldn't seem to regulate my pace. My legs wanted to go faster than my heart could take. Probably because of the heat! I did finish and was very happy to be finished. I returned to work but was a little more tired than usual. I slept like a rock on Thursday night! I fell asleep in front of the tv around 9pm. Too funny. I put Marin to bed, ate dinner, cleaned up and then passed out. Sleep never felt so good!