Speed - Yup!

Monday I decided to try again the speed drill that I had to abandon on Friday. But this time outdoors and not on the treadmill. The plan was to do 15 mins warm-up, 8 intervals of 1 mins sub-6 mins/mile (3:45mins/km), followed by 2 mins recovery, 10 mins cool down.

I was feeling rested and fuelled up after a weekend of eating well and felt like I could do it. It’s interesting I’m reading a book right now on confidence in running and how huge of a part it plays. If you believe you can do it there’s a good chance you will and if you don’t you wont. A lot of that confidence of course is backed up by physical confidence from training. But its interesting, they talk about tailoring your training schedule in a way that will give you the most confidence in your abilities.

So I was kinda pumped and ready to get out and get it done. I stepped outside at lunch and it was stifling. It was 26 degrees and so humid. Way hotter than I had expected and I was not dressed appropriately I had a high neck black tank top and pair of less breathable shorts (end of laundry cycle!). I made it 10 mins into my run and was dying. I ended up ditching the tank top on the side of the road despite the old unflattering sports bra! I rolled the shorts down despite a bloated tummy from a weekend of overeating and ran like that. I just didn’t care!

 

I busted my butt on those intervals in the heat and ended up making a 5:56 average! I was so pumped. It was freaking hard! You wouldn’t think 1 minute would feel so long!! I love hitting my speed targets like that, especially on such a hot day. The endorphin rush lasted a good part of the afternoon J

 

 

 

But I did come back to work looking like a hot mess. Red face, so sweaty, still refusing to put my shirt back on, white tummy hanging out cause I was too tired to suck it in at all lol. The only staff member I passed in the locker room very kindly did the “I’m so busy looking in my bags here on the floor I don’t see you at all” move.  

 

 

I went home and made the following skinnytaste recipe for dinner to use up some leftover feta and kale chicken sausage we had. It was way too much chopping for my liking but tasted really good!

 

 

Back on plan with eating ~2000-2100 calories