PRs All Over the Place

This Saturday's run was another PR (personal record). Our workout consisted of walking 8 minutes, running 14 minutes and then walking another 8 minutes. I've never run 14 minutes straight and I'm quite proud to have completed it. I wasn't running my stop watch and I was depending on the coach to call out the start and stop times. I remember I was running along near the end and I was getting really tired, which for me when I'm running is that I'm having a hard time breathing. My lungs almost always give out before my legs. Anyways, that last bit was uphill and I was having an inner dialogue about stopping or not. If I were to stop, then I'd have given up, wouldn't know how long I had really gone for and been pretty disappointed in myself. On the other hand, if I continued, I would have set a new PR, cemented a sense of achievement of doing what I set out to do and have something to write about in my blog. Plus, I had the whole rest of the day to walk around and slowly catch my breath, that was not the time for that. So, I pushed through and did it! Woo Hoo!

This week I see some 13 minute runs in the schedule, and we have a 5K benchmark on Saturday. Things just keep progressing, more than I thought I could. It's awesome! Today, Lori and I warmed up on the erg rower and did our weight workout at the gym. Then we drove over to Lake Worth and went for a bike ride for around a half an hour. It was fun. Now I definitely have to put my seat on this bike. The pelvic-crushing seat on the aluminum frame of this bike is killing me. Time to put my cushy granny seat on. :o)