How not to love this place?
Weirdest thing happened when I got to the track today. Just as I was walking out of the car, it started raining — humongous drops of rain and even what I thought were a few pieces of sleet — and stopped exactly 30 seconds later. I kid you not. Was it all a figment of my imagination?
[Online poll: which is correct, figment of my imagination or pigment of my imagination? Which do you use?]
This is my last intervals workout before official training for the LA Marathon starts, so I decided to do my favorite (read: easiest) routine.
This is one of the last interval workouts in the Half Marathon: Own It plan from Train Like a Mother
Here’s how it goes:
10-minute warmup, easy 9-10 minute/mile pace
5 minutes fast
2 minutes rest/ walk or slow jog
4 minutes fast
2 minutes rest
3 minutes fast
2 minutes rest
2 minutes fast
2 minutes rest
1 minute fast
2 minutes rest
10-minute cool down, easy 9-10 minute/mile pace
For short, a 5-4-3-2-1.
Psychologically, this is an easy workout because it starts with the hardest part and gets progressively… less hard. Next Thursday, new track adventures await!
— Important announcement! —
A friend emailed me about this Nesquik chocolate powder recall today, which caused a minor freak-out, seeing how I drink this after every run:
In case you didn’t know, chocolate milk is the perfect post-run recovery food, with just the right ratio of protein (milk) to carbs (chocolate). Also, delicious.
If you ask me, an even better recovery drink is this:
No one ever asks me, though…
Thankfully, the recalled Nesquik container sizes were all smaller than the 48.7-oz bucket (85 servings!) in our cupboard right now. Costco FTW.
If you’ve got Nesquik Chocolate Powder, make sure it hasn’t been recalled!
Today’s run:
Ran with another mother runner. Her kids – two boys, ages 6 and 8 – either played on the football field or just sat quietly, entertaining themselves with video games the entire time. Dare I hope that BabyRuns will be this good two years from now? Oh, who am I kidding.
And because I did the exact same track workout the week before, let’s get unnecessarily nit-picky and compare how I did interval by interval.
I ran the first – hardest and longest – two intervals faster, but then slowed down a bit. You win some, you lose some.
Oh, girl, you *must* get yourself the best bar of dark chocolate that you can and eat it with peanut butter post run! There’s truly nothing better. 🙂 Super excited for you to run LA!
Really? Why, I have both ingredients at my disposal and shall try it as early as tomorrow afternoon. Though… have you had sunflower butter? OMG. So good.
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I’m not convinced about the chocolate milk theory….I’m not a fan of the sugar. But I’m a big new fan of milk, post run. Your track is gorgeous…I have track envy.
Hmmmm… I don’t know. Milk just tastes too lonely by itself. Better with chocolate or coffee 😉 I try not to get too hung up on the sugar stuff – everything in moderation. Today, for some reason, I was craving salty stuff post-run, so I had pickles and smoked cheese 🙂