Frustration!

I had a VERY frustrating run tonight. It was my "middle mileage" run for the week, so Bill and I planned on 5 miles in Riverside Park. This time we went uptown again since we figured that downtown was boring :)

It also started pouring down snow as soon as we started. It was actually very pretty.
Now, I had read that Riverside actually went up to 147th, but I was confused because it comes up to the street around 125th and then I can't see where the park actually goes. It looks like just highway. So Bill and I decided to run 25 minutes out and 25 back. (This would get us out past 125th and we could see for ourselves).

Anyway, I apparently didn't hear my watch go off and we wound up running about 8 minutes more than we were supposed to. I was mentally prepared for 5, NOT 6, so the way back seemed so long...especially since it was hilly (we had made it all the way up to 146th). My legs felt tired. My hair was soaked from the snow AND I could mark my slow progress by seeing the street signs at every block (132...131...130...). Then Bill mentions to me that we are off pace (as we're running into the wind) so we speed up. This is difficult anyway, since every time I run with him I feel like I am running way faster than I should and he jogs in place so I can catch up with him. Very demoralizing when you are already feeling tired and like you want the run to be over. :(

All and all it was just a very bad run which put me in a very bad mood and then I got to go home to our messy apartment which will never be unpacked. ARGHHHHHHH!

So tonight I am going to ice and try to ignore the mess :) so that I feel good for my long run this weekend. 9 miles. I can't believe I'm already at that point in my training!

Bad Mood Run

So, if I am in a bad mood one of two things happens with my running. Either I have a great run and forget about everything bad or I have a horrible run and am in an even worse mood. So, as I was packing up last night to go home from work my mom IMs me and asks if I want to come over since my husband was out of town (I totally get my energy from being around other people...even if they aren't talking to me, with me, in the same room as me). I took her up of the offer, since chances were that since I had a REALLY horrible day I would not have a good run.
I grabbed my dog, headed over and indulged on almost a whole medium pizza with two kinds of olives. :)

Tonight is Fartlek training, which I have not done before. Now, now, let's not be inmature. Fart means speed, which I found out on my trip to Germany when I was on a lake cruise in the Fleet-Fahrt. :)

Anyway, our training tonight consists of:

10 minutes warmup
1 minute on, 1 minute off
2 on, 2 off
3 on, 3 off
2 on, 2 off
1 on, 30 seconds off
2 on, 1 off
3 on, 90 seconds off
2 on, 1 off
1 on, 1 off
2 on, 2 off
3 on, 3 off
2 on, 2 off
1 on, 1 off

the "on"s being 10k pace (which is 9 minutes for me) and the "off"s being marathon pace (which is 11 minutes for me). It sounds very hard. I hope I do okay. I heard the humidity is down today which is very very promising.