Best Laid Plans April 22, 2009

 

I set my alarm on Sunday for a 10-miler and when it went off at 8 AM sharp, I promptly shut it off and went back to sleep.  I’m wondering if signing up for a half will drag my butt out of bed, or if I would just end up sleeping through my training and race.

Nevertheless, I feel like I’m getting a lot of my mojo back.  I did two speedwork sessions last week – a 6 mile tempo run at around 8:15 on Wednesday, and then a couple of intervals on Friday at a 7:15-7:30 pace.  Even when it feels like I’m running a few slow, recovery miles, my Garmin tells me I’m doing an 8:45 mile.  I know that as soon as I get my long runs back up (any day now…still waiting…), I’ll be in prime shape to race.

Speaking of racing, my first race since the marathon is this weekend.  I’m driving down to Louisville with a few friends to do the Kentucky Derby Marathon Relay.  It was up for contention whether I would run the 15K leg or the 5K leg – I decided to go with the 5K mostly due to the fact that my bathroom habits become wildly unpredictable soon after mile 6 and I didn’t want to cost the team any time waiting for a port-a-potty.  Damn those persistent runner’s trots!

Our team name is Blue Steel, and we got T-shirts that say “Have you ever wondered if there was more than life other than being really really ridiculously good looking?”  We’re hoping to place, but the past results are vastly inconsistent so it’ll all depend on the running field this year.  I’m hoping to beat my previous 5K PR (24:58) but seeing as how I haven’t been training for speed or any particular race, I’ll settle for a weekend of Louisville restaurant-hopping if that doesn’t happen.  Look for a race report next week!

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Bottomless Bowl of Pho

 

Pastries From La Patisserie P

 

Beef Satay at Amarit Thai

 

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