WED - Track Night - Flippin Freezing!!

42 degrees and I'm hanging out at Kezar Stadium waiting for Track Night training to begin. I forgot to pack my ear covering headband (a MUST that my ears are warm) so thank goodness Annie brought me an extra one she had! All my friends and family know that I have trouble producing my own body heat and I really hate being cold - so this is a big deal people! :) lol

The coaches were great, they got us in and out... I think they didn't like being cold either. We did a warm up, some stretching and then did 15 minutes around the track at a 10k pace - an effort of 7 out of 10, not able to chit chat while doing this. I warned my coaches about my knee so they wouldn't give me a hard time if they saw me going to slow or walking. They were really good about asking me how I was doing every time I circled the track, but I actually did pretty well. My first lap was timed at 2:53 and I tried to keep the same pace, but obviously slowed down somewhat as my mile was 12 minutes - but faster than my very first mile I did! My knee was just a teeny bit sore, more like tired sore, not painful. Then we did abs & push ups and we were done!

I am awaiting the arrival of my new shoes I ordered, hoping they will be here in time to test them out on this Saturdays run - 7 miles! I think I am going to try to start training a bit with the walking intervals. It's better to train your body to say, run 2 miles and walk 5 minutes continuously, than to try and run 9 miles and end up trying to walk a bit and have your legs want to give out! Very bad idea to attempt walk/run intervals on race day if you haven't been training that way. So we will see how Saturday goes!