Two Mile Tuesday (Kelsey)

Well, as the title says, today was Tuesday, and I ran 2 miles, ironically in 22 minutes. 2 miles on Tuesday in 22 minutes. I could be Dr.Seuss again.

It felt alright. I started out fairly slow, took up a medium pace in the middle, and really pushed it at the end. I tend to do that because I get sick of running and can feel the end in sight. I did feel a little more stress on my breathing today, but I did push it a bit, so that's probably good. Precisely, I went 2.07 miles in 22:24, so a little under an 11-minute-mile average. Hopefully that will continue to improve. If I ran that speed consistently in the half, that would give me a little under a 2.5 hour time. My calves and shins did give me some problem again. I tried to stretch them out really well, but they were still tight, especially when I got back. However, I put some water in some Dixie cups and froze them and have been rubbing those on my legs after runs, and that helps a lot.

In other news, so far, my nephew's good luck has rubbed off on my easy miles from Sunday and my 2 miles today. No bird attackings. So that's been nice.

Also, I've decided to do a little extra work on the side to tone some muscles that may not get a lot of love from running. So along with the training, I will also be doing 20 sit ups, 20 push ups, and 20 tricep dips every day. It's not really a whole lot, but I hope it can make a little difference. We'll see if I increase the reps as I go or not.