run + travel

Running alone is not the problem

2016-10-27T08:34:00.006-07:00

I saw well-meaning "advice" in the newspaper this week that women should buddy up for runs for safety.

F*** that.

The problem is not women running alone.

The problem is that drunk-driving teens shouldn't have thrown a beer bottle at me from their speeding car.
The problem is that drivers shouldn't blow through stop signs.
The problem is that a creeper shouldn't have approached my friend, asking for "directions," and tried to lure her into a canyon.

Don't get me wrong.
I love my running buddies.
But I shouldn't *need* them for safety. And I'm tired of being told I should.

Women already, disproportionately, select their routes and running times based on avoiding the threat that someone might harass or attack them. That's a disgraceful commentary on our society. The blame-the-victim (she shouldn't have been running alone, with headphones, before dawn, etc...) mindset puts it on the runner if someone attacks her.

F*** that. She had the right to run.
Alone.
The attacker does not have the right to attack. The harasser does not have the right to harass.

Runner's World has it right on this.
http://www.runnersworld.com/running-while-female

Source: Runner's World Survey

26.2 fundraiser miles

2016-07-06T09:40:00.001-07:00

Y'all know I'm not much of a salesperson, so I'm having a hard time with the idea of selling my cause, but I signed up to train for (and run? what was I thinking?!?) 26.2 miles to raise funds for playground repairs and active/fitness education.

If you're inclined to contribute, click the link below:

Donate online to Beth Jarosz running the MCM for RunningBrooke at Razoo

WHAT was I thinking? (And how did I survive?)

2016-06-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

So... just learned I have an opportunity to run a fall marathon with a charity group.

In weighing pros/cons, I looked back at my 2006 training plan and wondered WTF I was doing -- and how the hell I survived. Sure, I did a 21 miler, and a couple of 18s... And my time wasn't even awful (4:45) on race day.

But -- and I wish I were kidding about this -- I was running (no joke) 2-3 mile runs, a couple of times a week mid-week, and calling that a training plan!

WHAT WAS I THINKING???

Needless to say, I'm in a much better position now than I was 10 years ago. Is it time for another crack at 26.2?????

Someone please talk me out of this? (Or maybe into it?)

Keep your opinion to yourself

2016-05-14T11:19:00.001-07:00

I've been quietly not blogging the last few months because, well, with the standard DC-area 2+ hour round-trip commute, a full-time job, and a toddler, I have time to work, parent, run, eat, and (not) sleep... Any remaining time in the day is needed for other adult things like doing laundry, cooking, reading books, and hanging upside down from the monkey bars at the playground!

But this week I need to write, or my brain won't stop working around this irritation like my tongue works around a popcorn kernel stuck in my teeth.

In my running community, looking for a long run buddy this weekend, I posted this:

Anyone interested in 8-10 miles on Sunday morning, 9:30 pace? I was thinking Saturday, but hubs might be going to yoga, so Sunday works better.

What I received in response was the expected: Sure, but slower/faster/how early/late?
(And yes, I found a running-buddy.)
(And yes... BTW... I'm back to a 9:30 pace for 8+ miles! WOOT!!!!!)

What I also received in response was a totally un-expected:

So, your husband's yoga takes priority over your run?

WTF?!?

I'm actually shaking with anger as I re-type those words.
So passive-aggressive.
So judgmental.
So TOTALLY OFF THE MARK.

The comment makes me angry on many levels.

I don't know - have never run with - the person who made that incredibly intrusive and judgmental comment. She doesn't know me, or that I'm a died-in-the-wool feminist and not the least bit a pushover. She doesn't know my husband, and that he's incredibly supportive and not a bully.

In truth, my spouse gives me hours every weekend to run, shower, and refuel. Aside from an occasional nap, he rarely asks for time to himself. Why WOULDN'T I be respectful and give him some time for his own fitness and health? That sort of give-and-take, my dear critic, is what a healthy relationship looks like.

But WHY SHOULD I EVEN HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO A TOTAL STRANGER?!?!

Why should anyone assume that a wife is being a pushover, instead of being a loving and supportive spouse who's giving back the kind of respect she gets?

Why should anyone assume that a husband is being a pushy asshole, instead of making a rare request for some stress-relief/fitness time?

And WHY... for the love of god... should anyone think it's their right to comment EVEN IF it was an argument in our house. It's our effing house. Keep your passive-aggressive ass out of it!

Having a child changes everything

2015-11-30T10:47:00.001-08:00

One of the things veteran parents like to tell expectant parents is that having a kid changes everything. But until you actually have a child, you don't really realize they meant EVERYTHING.

Yesterday, while out on a long run with my foul-weather running buddy (the one person I seem to be able to count on to meet for miles even when it's raining... or snowing...), and she regaled me with a tale of a child-less bride who pitched a fit about a bridesmaid bringing her newborn baby along during the wedding weekend. Because... can't you just leave a 6 week old with a sitter for two days?
(I cannot wait until bridezilla has a child of her own...)

I could fill a ream of paper, in tiny print, with hundreds of examples - big and small - of ways in which kids change your life.
Some change are wonderful. (Toddler laughter is the BEST THING IN THE WORLD.)
Some are annoying. (6:45am is now "sleeping in.")
Some just are. (Playgrounds are my new cross-training gym.)

And some changes are more unexpected than others. Sure plenty of parents go back to running and racing. I know lots of mamas who ran halfs or marathons while pregnant, just after giving birth, and have logged many, MANY training miles pushing jogging strollers.

So the biggest surprise for me, personally, is that I have completely lost my interest in the starting line. Maybe it will return some day. I'd be surprised if it didn't. I used to live for race mornings! But now I'd rather push a jogging stroller along the waterfront, stop for a coffee, and wrap up at the playground.

My miles now are for fitness and for fun. There are no track workouts. There is only play.

And while that change surprises me, it's not one I'm worried about.

Fresh air

2015-11-16T12:48:00.000-08:00

Because I need to share this with someone who will understand...

On Saturday night my son had a bout of the cough-til-you-pukes. We got, literally, no sleep. And to add insult to injury, Hubs hopped in a cab at 4am for a weeklong work trip.

When kiddo (who finally dozed off at 3am) woke at 7, I made him breakfast then took us both out for some fresh air.

5 miles.
Hills.
Pushing 75 pounds of stroller.
A few trips down the slide at a far-from-home playground.
Finished with breakfast at Whole Foods.

I might pass out at 7pm tonight, and the laundry might never get done, but I'm feeling like a BAMR for getting out there today!

Checking in

2015-08-17T12:37:00.001-07:00

So, as you might have guessed from the dearth of posts, I sort of fell off the yoga-every-day bandwagon back in June. (Nothing screws up a fitness plan like a sick kid because, well, priorities.)

And then I started debating purpose versus progress on my challenge-a-month plan.

In July I set no goals. I just ran.

And my weekly mileage started creeping up.
Weekend long runs started getting longer.
Huh.
No goals, but I was getting more miles at a faster pace?

10 days ago I ran 7.5 miles at a 9 minute pace, and still felt fresh the next day.
Last week I ran my highest weekly mileage since before I got pregnant more than 2.5 years ago.

I'm also still trying to keep the spirit of the challenge alive, but more like my old training schedule (run 3 days/week, cross-train 2 days, yoga and strength training at least 1 day each week).

In August I've been doing a full-body strength circuit every Monday, and running at least 3 days a week. It might not seem very challenge-like, but it's working for me, so I'ma gonna stick with it.

Things I will miss when we leave Virginia

2015-06-20T11:43:00.002-07:00

Virginia is a temporary home for us, and while I love to gripe about jerks in Metro, the high proportion of self-important assholes, and the godawful weather, there are a few things I will miss when we move: The tortilla chips from the Salsa Lady at the Old Town farmers market. Best chips I've had outside of Mexico. Peanut butter. Seriously. Georgia might have the lock on peaches, but Virginia has discovered the secret to amazing peanuts. The peanut butter here is like nothing I've ever had before. Mmm... Crosswalks. Unlike our last home, Pensacola, where cars hitting pedestrians seemed to be a spectator sport, most cars in NoVa actually yield to people on foot. Amazing. Alexandria/Arlington chapter of MRTT. Mother runners. Hundreds of them. Enough said.

Realizations

2015-06-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

One of the things I've realized this week is that while the scale readings are going up (hello 600 calorie daily surplus now that I'm not the sole food source for my kid), my muscle mass is, too. And while last week's yoga challenge suffered several serious interruptions, I worked out Every. Single. Day.

The year is half over, and the fit-in-15 challenge has been a success so far. My goal was to get back into the habit of working out every day, and (clearly) I have.

That said, the whole challenge concept is starting to feel a bit contrived.

Plank-a-day just didn't work for me, but mileage goals and speed-work-each-week goals did. Yoga every day seems like a stretch. (Ha!) But the squat/pushup/plank routine was actually pretty motivating. (It helped that I could guilt my spouse into doing 100 squats with me after our kid fell asleep at night.)

I'm running out of fitness challenges I really want to do (read: am motivated enough to follow through on), so I'm strongly considering switching back to my old style of training: 5-6 days week, with 3 runs and 3 strength/stretch days.

Or maybe I'll just keep repeating the squat/pushup/plank routine every week for the rest of the year...

Stay tuned...

June challenge: hold that pose (week 22)

2015-06-07T18:42:00.000-07:00

The June challenge is to hold that pose.
Yes.
The Yoga Challenge has returned, but this time I'm aiming for a full month, not just 3 weeks.

The goal: Yoga every day. At least 15 minutes each day.

So, how'd I do this week?

Monday: 15 minutes of yoga

Tuesday: 20 minutes of office yoga

Wednesday: 3.25 mile run...
Um... Yeah. Not yoga, but it was National Running Day. The weather was cool and cloudy. Plus someone needed to pick up the drycleaning... so I "ran" that errand.

Thursday: 20 minutes of office yoga

Friday: Went to bed early. We'll call that savasana

Saturday: 5 mile run...
...which included a biohazard obstacle course when my child hurled ALL OVER ME.
Like... soaked shirt, shorts, and shoes.
Yes, partway through the run I wound up with shoes full of puke, and had to run home like that. Fortunately hubs packed a change of shirt, which I quickly confiscated.
I'll never look at my chartreuse running shirt the same way again...

Sunday: 7 mile walk...
...because sick kid, who desperately needed a nap, refused to take a nap. So I played the last trick I knew: strapped him into the (now freshly cleaned) jogging stroller and walked until he conked out. It took about 6 minutes. Naptime was supposed to be yoga time. It was walk-til-kid-wakes time instead.

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

June yoga challenge: week 22 of fit(ter) in 15

2015-06-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

The June challenge is a Yoga Challenge.

The goal: Yoga every day. At least 15 minutes each day.

So, how'd I do this week?

Monday: 15 minutes of yoga

Tuesday: 20 minutes of office yoga

Wednesday: 15 minutes of yoga

Thursday: 15 minutes of office yoga

Friday: rest

Saturday: 5 mile run...

Sunday: 7 mile walk...

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Gender, Jenner, and equity in sports

2015-06-05T18:22:00.000-07:00

In all of the media hubbub over Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover, it occurred to me that one issue that has barely made a ripple: will Jenner's Olympic medal be stripped?

The IOC said, in short and with little fanfare or media coverage, of course not.

Jon Stewart skewered the media frenzy over Jenner's appearance, noting that when Jenner was "a man" [sic] people talked about Jenner's athletic achievements, but now (out as a woman)... looks are the only thing that matters to the media. Critics of Stewart's criticism note that Jenner was always a woman. But in 1976, Jenner competed in men's events - as Bruce - in the Montreal Olympics.

Now, before we go any farther, I want to state clearly and for the record that I truly believe Jenner deserves to keep the Olympic medal. I concur wholeheartedly with the IOC decision. (But I do quibble with the IOC verbage that Jenner "won his" medal. The proper language now would be "won her," and there was really no need to use a gender pronoun at all. Better text would be "Jenner won the gold medal..." end of story. But I digress...)

What irks me actually has nothing to do with Caitlyn Jenner at ALL.

What irks me is how this "of course the record stands" non-issue highlights the flagrant gender double standard applied to female athletes.

South African track star Caster Semenya was at the center of a gender identity firestorm that all but ruined her life when blood tests revealed elevated testosterone levels. She was subjected to humiliating, and ultimately nonsensical, tests to determine whether or not she "really was a woman" and thus allowed to compete in female events. She has now been cleared to race in women's events and will be back on the track for competitions this summer, but not without enduring years of struggle related to her gender identity.

And even more puzzling is that Paula Radcliffe had her marathon world record rescinded by the IAAF, retroactively, merely because she ran in a race in which men were also running. That ruling was later overturned, but only after months of public pressure (including complaints from giant corporations like Nike) against the IAAF. And the women-only rule applies forevermore in future marathons. So... girls only get a world record if they're running with other girls.

So... Jenner, a transgender woman, gets to keep an Olympic medal won in a men's event. Great. Jenner got to choose, compete, and keep a hard-won medal. Bravo!

Meanwhile cisgender women are subjected to ridiculous and unreliable testing (which can be misleading, inconclusive, or can simply highlight somewhat rare and shocking genetic traits that were previously unknown to the competitor) and unequitable standards (men get to race with "rabbits," but women can't, etc...) to determine their competitive status?

Sex (biological characteristics) and gender (psychological and social ones) are part of a continuum that involves lots of grey area in the middle. There are chromosomal, hormonal, physiological, psychological, and emotional factors that do not always fall neatly within XX and XY binary. Moreover, while much of the theory behind gender "testing" has been to "level the playing field," it seems the burden of proof falls mainly on women.

Perhaps it's time do do away with "men's" and "women's" events completely?

Maybe women should start playing in Major League Baseball?

Merge the NBA and WNBA?

Add an ultra-distance event to Olympic track and field, because distance levels the playing field among runners?

Make male gymnasts compete in the balance beam and women in pommel horse?

I don't claim to have the answers, but I think it's time to start a discussion about what athletic gender categories really mean... if anything at all.

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 21

2015-05-31T11:59:00.000-07:00

Fit(ter) in 15: week 20 - mileage challenge cont'd

2015-05-24T12:00:00.000-07:00

May's challenge is: MILES.

The goal: at least 100 miles total (walk or run), 40 miles run

Caveat: Walk and run miles only count if outdoors or on a treadmill (i.e. walking around inside an airport or pacing back and forth in my living room does not count)

So, how'd I do this week?

Hello cooler weather!!!
Hello strength training workouts!!!
I almost feel qualified to call myself "fit" again.

Monday: 5 miles walked + a great "quiet" bodyweight workout from fitnessblender
Tuesday: 3.5 miles walked + office yoga
Wednesday: 2 miles run + 2.75 miles walked
Thursday: 2.25 miles walked + office yoga
Friday: 4.25 miles run + 2.5 miles walked
Saturday: A real, live, in-person yoga class!!! (And lots of walking: walk to yoga class, walk to the market, walk to the library, and walk to the playground, but I didn't keep track of the miles)
Sunday: 6.5 miles run

Week (left to reach May goal)
Running total: 12.75 miles (37.5 miles down, 2.5 to go to reach goal for the month)
Mileage total: 28.25
For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 19 mileage

2015-05-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

May's challenge is: MILES.

The goal: at least 100 miles total (walk or run), 40 miles run

Caveat: Walk and run miles only count if outdoors or on a treadmill (i.e. walking around inside an airport or pacing back and forth in my living room does not count)

Even with a conference taking up half of my week, I managed to walk at least a few commute miles each day, and my weekly total mileage isn't too shabby!
Though I wish I could've found more time to run!

So, how'd I do this week?

Monday: 4.5 miles walked
Tuesday: 3 miles walked
Wednesday: 2.25 miles walked
Thursday: 3.25 miles walked
Friday: 3.75 mile run, 3.75 miles walked
Saturday: 3 miles walked
Sunday: 5.5 miles

Week (left to reach goal)
Running total: 9.25 miles (24.75 miles down, 15.25 to go to reach goal for the month)
Mileage total: 29 miles (59.25 miles down, 40.75 to go to reach goal for the month)

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

What I wish I knew when I started running as a new mom

2015-05-15T11:46:00.003-07:00

Last week a new mom posted a question on the message board of my running group...
As background, the question-asker is a new mom to a baby who was born premature, she's already back at work full-time, she's up for feedings every 2 hours all night long, and her question:

How do I fit running back into my life? Or is that even possible?

Oh... the things I know now that I wish I knew then!

My advice:

Go easy on yourself.

Getting back into running probably is important to you at this new juncture in your life, because it gives you a sense of control, it helps reduce your stress levels, and it gives you a few precious moments of quiet.

But it's also REALLY FREAKIN HARD to get yourself out of bed at 4am when your night of "sleep" was more like a few cat-naps.

So, yes, go easy on yourself.

Take walk breaks when you need to. Accept that a "training schedule" might not be in the cards for you right now. You will eventually feel like a runner again. I promise. But it might take a little longer than you had hoped.

Yes, some mamas are back to marathon-running within months of popping out a child. My advice?

Cheer for those other running mamas!

The success of a marathon-running mama does not diminish your exhaustion, and their distance should not be a yardstick against which you measure your own running performance. Running can be a competitive sport, but running can also be for recreation, catharsis, and fellowship.

Speaking of which...

Find a good running group.

Find a running group filled with other running mamas who understand that running schedules need to fit around nap schedules, school schedules, and swim class schedules. They have also had to deal with diaper blowouts in the running stroller, caring for a sick child the week before their 10k, and staying hydrated while running as a nursing mama.

They will be your support group, and you will forever be thankful for their wisdom and empathy.

Enlist others.

Tell your partner that fitness is important for your health. Feel no guilt about leaving your baby with family, friend, or sitter for an hour. Seriously. Your health is important to your child's health.

Invest in a good running stroller.

There will be times when you need to get outdoors, but no one else is around to watch your baby. There will be times when the weather is so gorgeous you can't imagine keeping your baby indoors, even if you have a partner or sitter available. There will be times when the whole family just wants to get outside for some fresh air.

Buy the good running stroller - you won't regret it.

When your baby is little, sing songs as you huff and puff slowly along. When your baby gets bigger, play I Spy games or have your kiddo bring a book along for the ride.

Cheer yourself on because no matter how quickly or slowly you're chugging along, YOU are running while pushing 100 pounds of baby + equipment. How many people can claim that victory?

Find all of your local playgrounds and map the running routes from home to those playgrounds. Your little one might not want to sit still "for a run" -- but sitting still "to go to the playground" is a different animal entirely.

And last, but not least...

Go easy on yourself.

Seriously. Running is supposed to be fun. Let it be fun.

If you are too hard on yourself, and running becomes a chore, you might give up entirely. Don't do that. Your child will grow out of the up-all-night phase. You'll get your groove back. In the meantime, let running be fun.

You have enough things to worry about as a new parent. Don't add running to the worry list!

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 18 MILEAGE

2015-05-10T14:00:00.000-07:00

May's challenge is: MILES.

The goal: at least 100 miles total (walk or run), 40 miles run

Caveat: Walk and run miles only count if outdoors or on a treadmill (i.e. walking around inside an airport or pacing back and forth in my living room does not count)

I already like this challenge because it's making me think about taking the long way home, about running my errands, and about (finally) ramping up my weekly mileage post-baby. (I've been more or less consistent about working out, but my average weekly run mileage is still an anemic 10 miles a week.)

So, how'd I do this week?

Monday: 4 mile walk
Tuesday: 1.25 mile run, 1 mile walk
Wednesday: 4 mile walk
Thursday: 1.25 mile run, 1 mile walk
Friday: 2.75 mile run, 3.75 mile walk
Saturday: 2 mile walk
Sunday: 5.75 mile run

Week (month)
Running total: 11 miles (24.5 to go to reach goal)
Mileage total: 26.75 miles (67.75 to go to reach goal)

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: May MILES

2015-05-04T12:13:00.002-07:00

April's (failed) challenge was plank-a-day.
May's challenge is one I can get behind: MILES.

The goal: 100 miles total (walk or run), 40 miles run
Caveat: Walk and run miles only count if outdoors or on a treadmill (i.e. walking around inside an airport or pacing back and forth in my living room does not count)

Friday, May 1:
Conference walking does not count (thought it should... I, quite literally, wore the heels off of my shoes last week!)

Saturday, May 2:
Flew 2,000+ miles back home to Virginia, but I only walked 1 mile (loops around DFW, again, do not count).

Sunday, May 3:
4.5 mile run!

Running total: 4.5 miles (35.5 to go to reach goal)
Mileage total: 5.5 miles (94.5 to go to reach goal)

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: April recap

2015-05-04T12:03:00.001-07:00

Sigh. Not much to recap here, I'm afraid.

April was a solid F-minus for the plank-a-day challenge. I can blame a sick kid, a sick me, seasonal allergies, and a week of conference travel, but I also really wasn't digging planks as a challenge. I just didn't put the effort into the fit(ter) in 15 challenge this month. (Have I mentioned that planks are boring?)

That said, by month-end my running was more or less back on track, including a decent run in America's Finest City, followed by a relaxing afternoon at the beach.

Week 17 - silver linings?

2015-04-20T10:45:00.001-07:00

I can breathe again! (Mostly.)

So I started on a catch-up plan... I'm woefully behind in my planks, but if I incorporate other exercises maybe I can make up for 2 completely lost weeks?

Saturday I planked, squatted, lunged, and crunched.

Sunday I did my plank and a 6.5 mile run. (Halelujah!)

And as I type this, I'm about to finish my plank for the day.

This will be an F minus month as far as goal grades go, but that's no reason to throw in the handkerchief... err... towel!

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 16

2015-04-18T09:14:00.000-07:00

So... in case you're tuning in, last week my kid was down-for-the-count sick.
And then I got it.
Haven't done a plank, squat, sprint, or really any exercise since April 2.
The goal this month was 1 plank each day, but at this point I'm just looking forward to being able to breathe again.

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 15

2015-04-12T05:39:00.000-07:00

March was speedwork month, and April is shifting gears completely into a hold-that-pose challenge: PLANKS.

The goal: One plank (60 seconds, minimum) each day this month.

How did I do this week?

So yeah.. My kid is sick. Like bronchitis. Up all night. Coughing til he hurls sick.

I can't remember the last time I slept. He's starting to recover (finally) but I'm still running on nothing but caffeine and carbs. Aside from walks with the stroller so we can both get some fresh air, exercise is a distant memory.

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: April plank-a-day challenge begins

2015-04-05T11:00:00.000-07:00

March was speedwork month, and April is shifting gears completely into a hold-that-pose challenge: PLANKS.

The goal: One plank (60 seconds, minimum) each day this month.

How did I do this week?

Wednesday: So, I sort of forgot it was April, until 9:52pm... at which point I sprang out of bed and did a...

60 second plank! Yes. I got out of bed to exercise, just to make sure I didn't screw up the very first day of the challenge.

Thursday:

Playground plank! Evening daylight is my friend.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday...

Friday we had visitors in town, and then kiddo got sick. It's all been downhill since then.

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: March Wrap-up

2015-03-31T10:57:00.000-07:00

March was speedwork month!

I needed one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

Monday:

Full-body strength workout video

Tuesday:

1 mile warmup + 1.9 mile fartlek run!

How did I do for the month?
Total success!

I managed a sprint interval, hill, or fartlek run each week this month. (Ok... the hill workout was just a hill-y run, not real hill repeats, so maybe that doesn't count. But my legs feel stronger!)

And even though the last week of the month was a short week, and I technically didn't have to do an interval run, I managed to squeeze some speed play into my commute run!

And, coming up next...
April's challenge is plank-a-day!

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.

Fit(ter) in 15: Week 13

2015-03-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

March is speedwork month!

I need one speed workout (track, intervals, fartlek, or hill repeats) each week. And... not incidentally, I should keep up with the strength training I started over the last two months.

How did I do this week?

Monday:

Fartlek run! (I totally missed last week's speed work... unless you count a "hilly" run as hill repeats. Which I don't) So I wanted to get this week's speed work done early!

Tuesday:

I was a slacker...

Wednesday:

Commute run (2 miles)

Thursday:

Commute run (2 miles)

Friday:

rest day

Saturday:

Squats + a long walk

Sunday:

6 miles. 58 minutes. Not fast, but at least I was out there.

For more posts in this series see Fitter in 15.