February 18th and 19th, Sunday and Monday

After a day off yesterday and a long walk I had every intention of doing a workout today either on the bike or in the pool. It turned out to be such a nice Florida day that we went to the beach and stayedquite a long time. What frequently occurs when I spend a long time on the beach on a hot sunny day is my body becomes overheated. It’s not that I get a lot of sunburn because I hide hide from the Sun. But my body just absorbs a great deal of heat and stays hot.  So I decided to wait till the sun was setting and head over to the neighborhood for a shaded run. I underestimated the speed of the Setting Sun and up running in the dark after about a mile. This was a little bit spooky,so I made another decision. In the parking lot where I had left the car there were lights. So I decided it might be a good time to add speed into my workout regimen. Therefore I ran 10 times 60 stride pickups. The pace varied from about 9 to as quick as 7 minute pace for the runs. This is probably the fastest I’ve run since I’ve been to St Augustine which is okay. The entire workout only consisted of two miles but with 10 pickups I think my legs got a good needed workout. The Saint Augustine Lighthouse 5K is 13 days away now which doesn’t leave time for too many good running workouts under my current plan.

Stats- stable and close to optimal