Running week of 4/27

[Jolt]

I finally went for a real run after who-knows-how-many days of being a total bum as far as running goes. 30 minutes of doing laps around the neighborhood park, with halfway-decent form during most of it (still a work in progress, but getting better, and able to feel and correct it more when it starts to get sloppy). I am officially out of shape right now though when it comes to running--I wore my heart rate monitor during the run and was in the 190s during a large part of it (and broke 200 a couple of times)!

[OakLeaf]

Ladder intervals at the paved trail today. DH drove in and did errands while I ran. I hadn't been at the track since mid-November, but within a quarter mile of starting my warm-up I was bored. Luckily I had a hard workout programmed in and boredom was quickly forgotten! Two deer looked on. They are so inured to humans there. I also caught up with some people I know from the gym, just as I was ending an interval, so I chatted with them on their brisk walk for part of that recovery segment. Perfect timing. 6.24 miles.



ETA: While I was waiting for DH to pick me up after my run, I took the opportunity to lie on one of the picnic tables by the track and stretch my hip flexors. I surely got some very strange looks! But at least one of them was from a guy running pretty hard, whose face seemed to convey, "Man, that looks like it feels really good, and I'm going to try it after my run too!"