The Faster You Get to the Burn....

....the sooner the real work starts.

Words to live by last week.

Man oh man, last week felt so good!  As always, I forget how much I love working out and running (I have been consistent w/running, but I mean the combination of running and working out together in the same day) and having a solid, balanced week of doing both of those things.  I honestly had not worked out in a long time.  As always, and this is the same mentality that led to years of yo-yo'ing, when I'm not doing it, I don't miss it.  Once I fall out of the routine, I lose that desire to do it, and quickly forget all the reasons I love doing it. But, once I pick it back up, I can not miss a workout!! I forget how good I feel, how much more energy I have, how much happier I am, how much better my runs feel.....I could keep going but I'll stop.  But, after the first day, actually the first workout, i was hooked again. In fact, it felt so good to workout in the morning that I did a second workout in the afternoon.  Again, that's probably my ocd, all or nothing, 100% mentality kicking in, and was not really wise to go from 0 to 2 a days.   It was followed by 3 days of painful running and working out, but by the end of the week the soreness was gone. I was also reminded that the best way to get over being sore from a workout is to stick to your plan and push through your scheduled runs/workouts. If I'm going into  a workout sore, I always feel better afterwards (until the soreness from that workout kicks in : ).

A lot of bloggers out there do a weekly recap of their activities, but I'm not going to do that. I will take a picture of my white board at the end of the week and post it the following Monday. Not because I think anyone cares, but because it's a good way to help keep me accountable.
With that, here's a few pictures from last week-

 I got the Beast out on one of my new, favorite loops on the Mt.  It has lots of runnable single track through the woods, I love it. In fact, I did it 4 times last week : )

 The kids had their Lap-o-Thon fundraiser last Friday. While I could not volunteer (need a new TB shot) I could come, cheer, and run w/them.  I did 28 laps with Sophie, and another 23 laps with Myles.

 See Myles in red waving at me?

 Believe it or not, my picture taking while running has slowed down a bit last week. That tree is one of the few I took.  I really tried to push a bit harder and focus on not being comfortable during the runs. Which I did, but it'd be nice if my paces reflected that : ) I try not to focus on pace too much because like I've said before, the terrain I cover isn't conducive for fast paces.  So, I'm more looking for consistent paces, and eventually improvement. I ended the week with doing my favorite loop with the fastest pace of the week - the one w/the green star.  Winner winner chicken dinner!

 Also noteworthy is the 6.2 run on Tuesday. The following week I did that run in 1:13 and was stoked to have a new 10k pr. This week, 1:20.  Shows you how sore I was Tuesday morning!! Everything hurt!

 This is from a 5 miler this morning w/the fastest pace of the past 2 weeks, even while taking pictures, and no make up. : ) Which is why I'm not making it bigger.

Lots of mama cows with babies this morning, made me nervous....maybe that's what helped me run faster!