It is very hard for me to write this now because this morning I slammed my left pointer finger in a window and it is swollen and black and blue and normally that would be because of my nail polish but that's not true this time. Also because I might fall asleep at 9 pm, which was two minutes ago.
Why am I so tired? Well when I got to practice today Joel told me that my workout would be a mile in six minutes, 5 1ks in 3:50-4 minutes and then another mile in six minutes. So I said, okay bring it on! or let's get this over with! Good thing I don't run on my fingers.
The first mile I ran in 5:58 and because I didn't fall to the ground or complain about it I was told that I was going to get less rest. How's that for good behavior huh? I thought 3:50ishes for the 1ks should be easy- wrong! Apparently after running a mile in less than six minutes nothing is easy. Ever. Again. I got to walk 100 meters after each one and then jog 100 meters back to the far side of the track to start again. If I wanted to do anything like take a drink out of my water bottle or stretch Joel would flail his arms in frustration and maybe yell something that I couldn't make out from the other side of the track. Lucky!
I was nervous for the other six minute mile. I knew it was going to hurt a whole lot- like jamming your finger in a window hurt, like swollen turning different colors hurt, but at least I didn't have to see the window one coming. I was so nervous for it that I started even faster than I had too, I was running 85 like I was on fire but really just my legs were. They kind of burned up but still I ran 6:03 which was close enough. Then Joel said, like he always does, let's do more! or maybe it was- you do more! Must have been you, not let's which would imply us. HaHa, you're so funny, I tried to kick his shoe but it was too far away, don't want to move! So then Joel pulls me off the ground and makes me run 2 more 1ks and some hill sprints- which he promised not to time, see look I'll even put my watch in my pocket. I wonder why he has his hand in his pocket then and keeps looking in there? Must be some interesting lint. "You ran 4:02!" Huh, maybe it was easier when you were pretending you weren't getting timed and could run slower and no one would know. Or maybe it was easier knowing there was no six minute mile coming up because those two felt like 4:12s and they were really faster. I like that much better than the other way around.
Yay for hill sprints! Right now I want to push Joel down it. But they are more like hill strides, only 15- 20 seconds. I can do anything for 15- 20 seconds, even if I have to do it six times. Except for maybe jamming my finger into the window. I wouldn't ever wish to do that even for only 15 seconds, and definitely not six times. So today was a good day- I have found something more painful than running! And I still got to have a lot of running pain too,
Why am I so tired? Well when I got to practice today Joel told me that my workout would be a mile in six minutes, 5 1ks in 3:50-4 minutes and then another mile in six minutes. So I said, okay bring it on! or let's get this over with! Good thing I don't run on my fingers.
The first mile I ran in 5:58 and because I didn't fall to the ground or complain about it I was told that I was going to get less rest. How's that for good behavior huh? I thought 3:50ishes for the 1ks should be easy- wrong! Apparently after running a mile in less than six minutes nothing is easy. Ever. Again. I got to walk 100 meters after each one and then jog 100 meters back to the far side of the track to start again. If I wanted to do anything like take a drink out of my water bottle or stretch Joel would flail his arms in frustration and maybe yell something that I couldn't make out from the other side of the track. Lucky!
I was nervous for the other six minute mile. I knew it was going to hurt a whole lot- like jamming your finger in a window hurt, like swollen turning different colors hurt, but at least I didn't have to see the window one coming. I was so nervous for it that I started even faster than I had too, I was running 85 like I was on fire but really just my legs were. They kind of burned up but still I ran 6:03 which was close enough. Then Joel said, like he always does, let's do more! or maybe it was- you do more! Must have been you, not let's which would imply us. HaHa, you're so funny, I tried to kick his shoe but it was too far away, don't want to move! So then Joel pulls me off the ground and makes me run 2 more 1ks and some hill sprints- which he promised not to time, see look I'll even put my watch in my pocket. I wonder why he has his hand in his pocket then and keeps looking in there? Must be some interesting lint. "You ran 4:02!" Huh, maybe it was easier when you were pretending you weren't getting timed and could run slower and no one would know. Or maybe it was easier knowing there was no six minute mile coming up because those two felt like 4:12s and they were really faster. I like that much better than the other way around.
Yay for hill sprints! Right now I want to push Joel down it. But they are more like hill strides, only 15- 20 seconds. I can do anything for 15- 20 seconds, even if I have to do it six times. Except for maybe jamming my finger into the window. I wouldn't ever wish to do that even for only 15 seconds, and definitely not six times. So today was a good day- I have found something more painful than running! And I still got to have a lot of running pain too,
Em, you're very funny. I enjoy reading your blogs. Don't pick on my boy.
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