Thursday, March 13, 2008

tempo run on vacay

Holy mother of all that is insane.... Tempo runs at a hotel fitness center? SUCKS!!!! I had to BB Amanda to keep my motivation level up. Let me paint you a picture.... Rolling out of my comfy fluffy hotel bed at 8am... Dragging myself down the hallway to the fitness area. NO fan, NO open windows and NO one else in there (something about performing for strangers would've most likely made me all sorts of motivated)..... First 9 minute mile, down. Check. I'm sweating enough for 7 males in a hot sauna... Mile 2, holy heck, my legs are gonna fall off. I chose to do an 8 min mile... Why?? WHY?? Mile 3 (that lasted 3 minutes...) was run at 7 min mile.... I think the most appropriate word to describe? DEATH.

I am now looking like I just stepped out of the shower and smell like I rolled around in cow dung. Yes, I. WAS. HOT.

I think this workout totally justifies me eating the entire bag of mini eggs that are sitting on our hotel table, yes yes I do. Now, for the hard part... Running 8 miles BY MYSELF in the sweat room on Saturday morning. KILL. ME. NOW. Van thinks I should usatf it and run around portland.They have a gorgeous parkway path that runs along the Willammette, van took me there last night. There were runners everywhere. My inner freak out chick just keeps thinking about the worst case scenario. What do you think? Should I run around town and just pray a) I don't get lost b) don't get killed and c) don't go into every open house available :)

And, yes, i'm blogging from my phone. Yes, I realize I'm addicted. Sue me. ;)

5 comments:

Amanda said...

A) I'm totally impressed that you can blog from your phone. And that was a long post! Way to go!
B) Good job on the work out this morning! Not only tempo runs, but in a hotel. Niiiice.
C) Maybe you could do 4 in and 4 out on your long run. 4 outside shouldn't get you too lost, where 8 might. And it would be lots prettier and lots more comfortable (no windows or fan for 8 miles! `:o\ ). Those are my thoughts. But take your phone with you for sure!

Lori said...

oooh.. that's a good idea. i could totally do 4 miles... that's basically running down to the Wilammette, running a mile along the river and then go back to the hotel. hmmmm...options options... i might have to take my phone and take cute BB pics for you and Erin whilst running. :) now... to try and figure out how to usatf on my BB.... hmmm....

Erin said...

I vote for Amanda's idea- every time I am somewhere I think one of the things I love the lost is running there... if I can do it alone on the strip in Vegas you should be more than safe is nice Portland :) go for the outside world!

Lori said...

so i usaft'd the course. wish me luck! i'm going to run from our hotel down to the parkway, run along it for 2 miles (i'll take my BB and take pictures... it's GA-ORGEOUS, btw) and then serpentine back up through city center (past all the really cool shops... i might have to take some detours) to our hotel.... the whole thing should be about 6 miles..

i'm sure it'll be fine. plus, i swear there are at least 15 runners on every single road we're on no matter WHAT time of day it is....

Amanda said...

Tee hee! It must be just like Provo. The constant race.... :) I'm excited to see pictures!