The Little Things
February 29, 2016

Happy Leap Day (bonus day!).

Saturday morning I got up excited to head out on my training run for the weekend. I did my 45 minute morning routine (eating, warm up, getting dressed, etc…) before heading to the front door to put on my shoes. My headphones were already in, my garmin was getting the satellite, and I had one running shoe on (I should mention that I was at a friend’s house, so I had packed my running clothes). I stuck my hand in my bag to grab my other shoe and… it wasn’t there! Yeah- I only brought one shoe with me for the weekend (that’s not happened to me before!). I was really bummed since I was mentally ready for the run, but took the opportunity to walk their dog for awhile instead!

So, when I got home I headed out on my run… just in time for the wind advisory to kick in! Seriously- the wind was 30-35 mph and gusting up to 45 mph throughout the entire 6.4 miles! It made the run really difficult because the wind was definitely a tough resistance!

The first three miles my legs were REALLY heavy and I was definitely dragging. I’m not sure why, as I hadn’t done anything except walk the day before (and no work outs on Thursday or Friday). Once I hit the three mile mark, I definitely felt my body loosen up and fall into its groove, and my miles got much faster after that!

I’ve worked hard at negative splitting my runs this cycle, and I think this run was successful. Here are my splits:

At one point I was running straight into the wind, and kept moving sideways more than moving forward- talk about wasted effort! (that was miles 2-3!)

Starting around mile 6 of my long runs I start drinking and eating while running (today I just took 2 shot bloks half way through) so that my body gets a couple chances to get used to eating again while running so I’m ready for race day! It feels a little ridiculous to eat on a 6 mile run, but I think that getting my body used to race day is important too!

The weather has been totally ridiculous, and while we had gorgeous weather last weekend, we ended up having an ice storm and some days with biting winds this week, but today it was 65 and sunny out! Minus the wind, it was beautiful, but I definitely felt the “heat” too (it’s been many months since I’ve run in that temperature). Quite honestly, this run felt great in terms of prepping for race day! I also wore a new pair of Brooks, so I’m breaking in my new shoes!

(Disclaimer: I received this 2Toms Sport Shield and the Wool Buff for free to review as part of being a BibRavePro Ambassador). 

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I’m continuing to use the Sport Shield from 2Toms, and love the formula! It’s not greasy at all, which I’m really enjoying! I just got this Wool Buff in the mail less than a week ago, so I loved being able to use it as well!

And just like that, 6.4 miles was complete! Not a bad run for how it first started… 🙂

Now it’s your turn to share! Have you ever forgotten a shoe before?

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