Thank goodness, I've finally had a few good weeks of running! Darth Vader has met his match! LOL I'm slowly, but surely, letting go of the GARMIN - aka, "Darth Vader". Now, I only have distance showing on all my Garmin screens. My next big detox from the watch, (hmm) is to run a race, (hmm, cough-cough) without a Watch. Just thinking about it makes me start shaking! LOL I've already got the race picked out and have only told a few of my friends. Anyway, I'm coming back around to enjoying my runs again! Guess what? I think I am becoming stronger and faster! When we did speed training the other night, that's 6-Yasso's, I had given a long speech about not going too fast. I was worried, at this stage of the game, that we could over do it. We smoked our Yasso's. We couldn't slow down a bit! It's was funny. We kicked some butt! My first one was 3:11. I said, "Dang Nikki slow down or you will not make it to six". The next one was 3:16. I thought, "I shouldn't and can't run this fast". The next at 3:21, "What is wrong with me", I said, "You better slow down girl". My fourth was 3:20. I told myself, "Dang it, I'm too fast". The 5th Yasso at 3:22. I kept saying, "Run like the Indians run, but slow down Nikki, your not an Indian". My last was 3:31. For all six Yasso's - we didn't/couldn't slow down. It was funny. There was a lot of swearing going on, but it was because we were running faster than we ever had before! Well, maybe I'm getting faster. I guess we will see in few weeks, when we do Yasso's again.
The book, "Born to Run", has really saved me! You must read it! I've been eating like a "poor person"; beans, rice, corn tortillas, hummus, fruit, salads, and fruits. No meat or chicken, however, I'm not giving up my fish. I love fish! I'm telling you, it's been filling me up! The weight has started to drop a little. I'm resting and sleeping more. In the book, it mentions that we run our long runs too fast and speed work too slow. My last long run, I ran 3 miles with Bryan and then 15 miles with Jhovany. It was Jhovany's first time to do 15 miles! Go Jhovany! The weather was perfect. I had us loop the lake first, then we hit the Lakewood Hills for the last six miles! I never once worried about the pace I was running. My job for the run was to get Jhovany to 15 miles. We did stop at a water/Gatorade stop on the way back. You know, it's funny how good everything will taste after 13 + miles. :) Both of us were like, "Wow, this Gatorade taste really Awesome!" I normally like to push my last few miles. I knew if I left Jhovany, he would walk. :) At one point he told me, "Shhhh"! LOL So the whole way, I focused on my form, trying to run like the "Indian Tribe" depicted in the book. I was taking in the awesome view of the Lakewood Neighbor and wonderful White Rock Lake. I was totally in the moment of running. The end result was I felt great after the run and wanted to run some more. Instead, I went for a bike ride on a Trail! It was crazy fun - I fell twice. Yippee! After that, I was finished. An 18 mile run, the bike ride, and big lunch - I was Done. I was like, "Where's my the bed?" Just a Month ago, I wouldn't have done that for fear of hurting myself. Now, I'm like - "I'm going to keep training, but I'm going to have fun while I do it." It's so easy to get caught up in all the Goal Times. I'm GUILTY as Charged! That really has taken a lot of joy out of for me. I let myself get stressed to the point that my hard training was going in reverse! Okay, I must confess - I have not totally let go of the Watch. Right now, I'm doing some Control Watch Maintenance :)
and for now it seems to be working!
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