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<\/a>Ready for Anything<\/p><\/div>\n
Today there were no aches and pains and I was fast! I ran the loop and also incorporated some speed-work as I went. I wasn’t focusing on speed-work by any means but I did a few sets of intervals (running as fast as I can). It felt really good!<\/p>\n
Usually when I run the loop (whichever direction I start), I gauge my “good run time” by what time I reach either the Hawthorne or Steel Bridge. I strive to get there by 22 minutes at the slowest. Either of the bridges mark the 3\/4 mark or so of the entire loop. Today, I got there at 20 minutes!<\/strong><\/p>\n Stairs<\/p><\/div>\n The picture isn’t great, but imagine me starting at the very bottom and running up all those stairs to the left of the photo. That’s what I did!<\/p>\n Steel Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n Luckily it did not rain at all during my lunch time run. I was happy! I ran down the other side of the bridge and back to the waterfront. My time was still pretty great. I ran that extra 1\/4 of a mile or so of the waterfront and then headed back to the office. I have no official number for how many miles I did and that bugs me. I think I need to move “Buy a Garmin” to the top of my To Do List!!<\/p>\n Today was also the first day in a long time where I was BUMMED that I had to go back to the office. My legs wanted to keep running! I had so much energy!<\/strong><\/span> I wanted to just keep going. But alas, I headed back.<\/p>\n I got back to the office and stupidly decided to run up the stairs to the locker room instead of taking the elevator as I usually do. 7 floors later…..<\/p>\n My calories burned were AWESOME today! I was shocked when I saw my number:<\/p>\n<\/a>20:39 to be exact! That’s when I did about 3\/4 of the loop. I paused just before the Steel Bridge to take a picture and I decided to go the “long way” by running up the stairs and running across the TOP of the Steel Bridge instead of staying on the lower pedestrian path.<\/p>\n<\/a>I took a deep breath and ran up BOTH flights of stairs to the top without stopping or slowing, taking the stairs two at a time.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The two above pictures were taken from the top of the Steel Bridge. I ran across the bridge to the other side of the river:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>…I was asking myself “Why did I take the stairs again?” Oooof my quads were burning! Showered, stretched A LOT and it felt good!<\/p>\n