a thursday fast one!

I didn't take NyQuil last night nor did I have any DayQuil this morning. But, shortly after settling into work this morning I started to feel slightly feverish and my nose was congested. So, I took a shot of DayQuil and just tried to take it easy. I followed that up with 2 cups of decaf green tea in the afternoon.

Once I got home I truthfully was not looking forward to running 3 miles. I said to RB that I'll be finished running in 34 minutes. He said, "OK", and I said, "It won't be 28 or 29 minutes" and he said, "OH I know that, you couldn't do that!",  I said, Are you daring me?" and he said, "I just know you can't do it".

Knowing full well he was playing a little reverse psychology with me I still took him up on it and went into the run just telling myself to do it. I set Mile 1 on a 9:50 pace and was able to keep that the entire mile. For Mile 2 I bumped it to a 9:30 pace and had to knock it back to a 10min pace for a bit and then would speed it up between 9:30 and 9:50 until I finished 3.009 miles in 29:15!! It was actually closer to 29:06 at 3 but I forgot to stop it. I'll just take 29:15 for 3 and a smidge.

I was quite determined and felt confident the entire way although there were moments that I felt if I lost focus I could easily just back off and start walking. So, it was definitely hard but not horrible.

Treadmill 3 Miles:
29:15!