So I didn’t actually race last night. It was more of a race against the clock to get my workout in.
Due to my inefficiency getting work done Wednesday I still had a ton to do Thursday before class. As a result I postponed my morning run to an evening run (and switched the plan track workout to Friday.)
As a result of all of this I needed to get my planned 7 mile base run done btwn the time my last class ended at 7:15pm and when I was supposed to pick up Amy’s mom from the airport eta 8:15pm.
So I raced. Raced to my car from class (annoyingly our professor let us out late), then home (quickly packing a Kong to keep Sally occupied), then to the gym. Managed to be on the treadmill at 7:40ish (yes it would have been faster running outside from my house, but I don’t feel safe running at night due to car fears. As a result when I do those runs, they end up being slow as I have to slow to ensure that cars see me.)
I figured I had till 8:15 to run so I could make it to the airport by 8:30 (southwest.com had the flight running 10 minutes late.) This would have left 35 minutes for my run (not enough for me to run 7 miles.) To my surprise I got a text from Amy’s mom at 8:05 that she was already on the ground. Texting back from the treadmill I told her I would try and leave w/in 10 minutes.
I ended up running 6 miles @ 6:13 pace (did the last mile at 5:52 so I wouldn’t be late to the airport.) The good news is that it felt easy. I am really enthused by this workout. Should mean that I can easily run a qualifying time for B2B.
