Buzz Kill!

Last night I did not want to run...I was tired and overall just feeling blah. But I knew I should so I dragged myself to the gym and decided to do intervals on the treadmill. After my 1 mile warm up I was feeling better and looking forward to a good sweat session. My plan was to do 400m, 800m, 1200m, 1200m, 800m, and 400m with a 400m recovery jog between each.

I did the first 400m at a 7:13 pace and felt good.....400m recovery and I'm ready for the 800m. Just as I reach my interval speed, everything stops....lights, treadmills, the entire building lost power! And it wasn't a gradual stop either, the treadmill just stopped completely. I grabbed the handle bars and jumped off the belt to avoid falling. The guy next to me did the same....he looked at me and said "that could have been really bad!" We waited around for a couple minutes, but it didn't come back on. The emergency lights were on so you could still see where you were going and the ellipticals and bikes were still working since they are self powered. There was a quiet calm over the gym as people continued to go about their business.

As much as I didn't want to run originally, I was pretty bummed that I couldn't finish. I elected to do my running strength training exercises and lift my upper body too, but its not the same feeling as getting in a good run. Today I plan to run at lunch to avoid the gym all together.

Total miles for yesterday = 1.5.....talk about a buzz kill!

Not much to say

Sorry I haven't written in a while, but there hasn't been much to report on....which might be a good thing. I have been slowly increasing my mileage over the past couple weeks. Last week I was up to 27 miles and feeling good. I've been doing long runs of about 9-10 miles on the weekends and luckily the wind hasn't been as bad as my last post! Last weekend I did 9.5 miles in an average pace of 8:53 with the last 3.5 miles being 8:45, 8:39, 8:30, and 8:03 pace....not too bad considering I was dodging ice patched on the path. I felt good and my heart rate was nice and controlled.

This week I am hoping to be around 30 miles for the week, but we'll see how things go with the holidays getting closer. My plan is to continue increasing my miles over the next month or so and assuming that goes well then I'll start marathon training at the end of January. I am tentatively looking that the Vermont City Marathon on May 25th (Memorial Day weekend). I'll be sure to keep you updated as my miles continue building!