Had another raelly good run today. 6 miles in about 54 minutes, not quite sure. Not a super fast run but negative splits for the most part, starting at 9:30 and going down to 9:08.
Here are my thoughts about good runs:
- You don’t have to have a lot of sleep. I stayed up watching Bachelor last night and didn’t fall asleep until 11:30. As always up at 4:50 and out of bed at 5:15.
- You can have a one drink before a good run. I mean at night, of course! I had two glasses of vino for the finale, enjoyed every second of them, dranks tons of water afterwards and had a great run.
- You do need to be limber. Stretch the night before; it helps with the pain and the run altogether. I have had the best runs since I started a stretching/yoga program each night.
- It’s all in the head. It really is; I have woken up everyday in the past few weeks thinking that I would have a good run, and I have. I look forward to them right now. I know sometimes I go through points when I don’t. This usually means I am doing too much, not getting enough sleep overall and feeling run down. Listen to the body; it will tell you what you need to do!
I am going to be posting a great article on the core tomorrow. I interviewed an author/Pilates instructor who gave terrific advice on pilates, and I think that it is important as a runner that we really take care of our core, which in turn will help us prevent injuries and keep our backs pain-free.
In Other News . . .
I hated the Bachelor finale. Every time I vow never to watch the show again. What was he thinking? Seriously?! This guy is lost.
And the babes . . .
Took the younges tto gymnastics class today; way over her head, the kids were older, but we will do open gym each week. The oldest begins tomorrow and I think she will ROCK. She’s energetic and limber and I have a feeling she’ll make quite the gymnast. We then did story time. The mayor read a book at the library and the paper took our picture, so we may be in the news tomorrow!
Have a great running day . . . or day off, if it is needed!