Steady Double 1:33:11

Thursday, July 30, 2009

I had 2 x 45′ scheduled today but since Jon was running an hour this morning, I ran the hour with him and did a shorter run in the afternoon. It was another heat-wave day. We headed out from the Henderson Rec centre and ran along  Beach Drive. It was cooler running next to the water, not to mention extremely scenic. I love the ocean!

I scored a very sharp-looking British Athletics shirt from Jon. My constant hinting for one of his cool shirts finally paid off!

I had to go downtown after the run to my rehearsal with my accompanist. We ran through two of the Schoenberg songs and it  wasn’t too bad. It was loads easier singing my part with the accompaniment. Whew.

I took a detour on my way to work to take a quick shower at home and grab some lunch. My office was warmer today than yesterday making it really hard to focus on work. I think I drank three litres of water this afternoon.

I got the car back home in time for Juice so he could make the IRR wo at the lakes while I ran from home and did a loop around Swan Lake. I did 8 x 100m strides on the grass in the park when I got back and had a small audience of kids watching me…they were wondering what the heck this woman was doing running one way, walking back, over and over. They lost interest after about 4 strides and finally went back to playing on the swings…move along…nothing to see here.

I did a light core session and spent the night in…there was finally a cool breeze coming through the windows!

End of  mind-numbing post.

Total Time:  1:32:11 (20.54 km)

AM: Fairly flat 1:01:21 (13:87 km)

Avg/Km: 4:25  Avg HR: 127 bpm

PM:  31:50 (6.67 km)

Avg/Km: 4:46  Avg/HR: 126