Archive for August 7th, 2008

Hey folks, just a quickie since it was a bland day running-wise. Did 6 recovery this morning. I wore my heart-rate monitor for the first time in months and had the lowest average HR I’ve ever recorded on a run, which almost made up for everybody passing me (recovery runs can be embarrassing that way). I do wonder, though, how people who do heartrate training as a long-term method can stand to wear those plastic straps for every summer run, much less 20-milers. Ich.

Tomorrow is a day off from running and a much needed trip to the beach with Nick and our friends Lara and Jeff, where I will show off my runner’s farmer’s tan, which couldn’t be more ridiculous. I’ve got a permanent sports bra on top, shorts on the bottom and those goofy white feet. Last year I cared. I even bought some self-tanner to attempt to fill in the holes, but this year I really don’t give a shit. What a relief.

Looks like the next few days are calming down as far as temperature, so that’ll be fabulous to deal with for the weekend runs. Can you believe we’re touching the end of summer already? Anyway, have great runs tomorrow for those of you on the move, otherwise, savor the day off and be a lazy bum, like me! It’s good for you, you know. Cheers, m’dears.