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Where Is This Coming From??

February 19, 2009 By: Runner Leana

First off, I forgot to mention that I tried the Kona Cola nuun at spin class last night. Hands down, my favourite flavour of all time! I e-mailed Angie to let her know that I loved her spin workout and that I felt like I worked hard. Her response?

What the heck got into you last night Leana!! You just rocked!!!!

Today I had a 5 mi run planned over lunch with cadence drills. About 4 times during the run I was supposed to count cadence for 15 second intervals and try to increase my cadence as the run went on. I have to admit, this is the first time in awhile that I’ve been looking forward to run. Folks, this run did not disappoint! I felt AMAZING from the word go. When I checked my pace in the first mile I was already at a sub 10:00 mile and I decided to go with it and see what happened.

Mile 1: 9:40 Hmm…feeling pretty good.
Mile 2: Can I speed up? 9:22…not bad…
Mile 3: 8:51…Holy…can I hold on?
Mile 4: 8:41…Seriously?
Mile 5: Getting tough…to…hang…on…8:48

Overall, 5 miles done at a 9:05 pace. I have not run that pace before…ever… I can only assume that my legs weren’t really all that aware of the hard bike workout I did the day before and they were ready to run. And admittedly, I wanted to hang in there to see where this run would go. The fast pace, the sunshine…talk about a great lunch time run! I’m loving how this week of training is going, although I promise to dial it back so that I don’t tire myself out too early on!

Oh, I didn’t forget about the cadence drills…not to worry… I picked them up over the run in case you were wondering..!

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Comments

  1. 1

    Nikki says

    February 19, 2009 at 6:26 am

    Good job LK – must be the nuun.

  2. 2

    Ryan says

    February 19, 2009 at 11:07 am

    I’m thinking it was the spaghetti squash!

  3. 3

    Run Mommy says

    February 19, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Whoohooo! I love great speed runs – you should feel very accomplished!

  4. 4

    Missy says

    February 19, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Nice work and you had a little nuun in ya…hahaha. That was it! I love those kind of workouts where you do better than you thought you ever could have!

  5. 5

    teacherwoman says

    February 19, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Way to go Leana! You rock!

  6. 6

    joyRuN says

    February 19, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Gotta LOVE those runs. You rocked it!

  7. 7

    Mel-2nd Chances says

    February 19, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Speedy run! Great job!

  8. 8

    Wes says

    February 19, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Hellooooo, speedy McSpeedster 🙂

  9. 9

    Bob Almighty says

    February 19, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    and the times keep droping and droping….Good job.

  10. 10

    Marlene says

    February 19, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Whatever you’re taking, I want some. 😉

    Seriously, great job on the workouts – especially the speedy run!

    Those cadence drills sound interesting…

  11. 11

    Aron says

    February 19, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    WOOOO awesome job!!! you are on fire 🙂

  12. 12

    ShirleyPerly says

    February 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    Sounds wonderful!! (Can I have some of what you’re having? 😉

  13. 13

    P.O.M. says

    February 19, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    I need to get back into spinning! I’ve heard so many good things about NUUN. Must try!

  14. 14

    TNTcoach Ken says

    February 19, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    Supergirl is back! Okay, now don’t get crazy and think this is going to happen all of the time. The running/cycling gods just do this as a tease….

  15. 15

    Judi says

    February 20, 2009 at 12:57 am

    good deal on the fast run. feels ohhhh so good.

  16. 16

    Run For Life says

    February 20, 2009 at 3:59 am

    Awesome!!

  17. 17

    Laurel says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:11 am

    Woooo-awesome run girly! Great job!

  18. 18

    Dave says

    February 20, 2009 at 4:44 am

    I think I know where you got your motivation from…

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