Well as my post earlier mentioned, I have very much struggled with fatigue the past couple of days. Not really sore, just tired. This morning started out decent. Wake up, had some coffee, ate a breakfast sandwich of egg whites and cheese and sat back down. It took me until after noon to get up the motivation to go. And the thing is....I never really DID get motivation I just decided that I would get moving and hope the energy came.
So a little after 12pm I changed into my workout clothes, put on my FitBit One, my heart rate monitor, and my walking shoes...turned on Runkeeper and hit the dirt. The first mile or so I felt like I was slugging along. Everything was hurting too. My feet were hurting, my quads were sore, and my breathing was a slight bit labored. Honestly for the first 15 minuts or so I was wondering how I would ever make it through 4 miles of this. But I kept going. After the first 5 minutes, Runkeeper let me know that I was averaging an 18 minute mile. I was shocked, I did NOT feel I was walking that fast but I was walking by myself, therefore I was not chit-chatting with anyone, which usually results in a faster pace just by default:-)
When I was about 1/2 mile from the Stantontown hill I felt my feel goods start to kick in. My muscle soreness had disappeared and I felt a renewed sense of energy. I knew that the Stantontown stop sign was the (almost) half way point. I conquered the hill with relative ease today, I think my heart rate got to 155. Then it recovered fairly quickly back to 125-130--my typical walking average. So I continued on past the Stantontown stop sign and kept trucking. I kept a look out for loose dogs also. I tend to be a little overly cautious because several years ago I was riding my bike around our old house in Centerburg, and a neighbors dog charged me and caused me to wreck my brand new bike and break my elbow. So. Yeah. I don't mess with dogs.
I got to mile 1.95 and, sure enough, here come some loose dogs making their way toward me. I did not know them and I did not see the owners anywhere, so I decided to go ahead and turn around. Shortly after I turned to head back home I heard Runkeeper tell me my average pace was 20:57 per mile. I felt pretty good so I decided to try and step it up a bit. Every 5 minutes Runkeeper updated me on my time and I noticed my pace kept getting quicker and quicker. When I was about 1/2 mile from home Runkeeper said my average per mile pace was 20:15. I decided to really push myself to see if I could get under a 20 minute mile. As a turned into our driveway, I heard Runkeeper give me my final average. 19:53 average minutes per mile. Sweeeet.
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