Recovery Day...Sorta

After a night of thunderstorms, I wasn't sure what our Morning run would entail. Gilbert sent us off on a 10 mile Recovery Run. Run "nice and easy" for 8 miles and then try to pick it up the last two. I didn't feel that bad at first...hamstrings were a bit tight, but other than that, I was doing o.k. I wore some really old shoes anticipating that the trail would be muddy. I was right.

Amy, Anne, Ashley, Jennifer and I started running towards Riverside. It didn't take long to realize that Anne and Ashley's "nice and easy" pace was different than mine today. The rest of us backed off slightly and let them go. The wind was gusting slightly and it even started raining briefly during the run. The run was difficult and I just felt slightly beat up. I kept doing form checks and readjusting my back, my strides, etc. We finished with 6 strides....

Mile 1 10:01
Mile 2 8:45
Mile 3 8:47
Mile 4 8:42
Mile 5 8:53
Mile 6 8:59
Mile 7 8:39
Mile 8 8:19
Mile 9 8:20
Mile 10 8:01
Mile .12 :54

Total: 10.12 miles in 1:28:23 (avg pace 8:44 per mile)

Nutrition:

5am 1/2 w.w. tortilla with organic PB
8:15am Leftover Firebowl for breakfast--chicken stirfry with veggies
11:15am chocolate protein drink
1:45pm South Congress Cafe--1 piece of bread with butter, 1/2 House salad, blackened tuna tacos that included black beans, saffron rice, avacado and corn tortillas (had 1 1/2 tortillas)...it was so very yummy!!!!
6:30pm appetizers at the little Cafe next to Vespaio. We shared orzo and green beans with salami (very small amounts of both). We then split dessert and I had a small square of tiramisu and a small square of chocolate cherry torte. I also had a couple of bites of a cookie. While the rest drank wine, I was sipping on my iced tea!