Mile Repeats + I think we need a farm

Tuesday morning I woke up feeling like a million bucks – so after teaching bootcamp at the gym I headed to one of my favorite state parks to knock out some mile repeats!

I had 4x 1 mile on the schedule so after a 2 mile warm-up I got down to business – my goal range for the workout was 5:30-5:35 w/ 400m jogging rest.

What actually went down:

5:35

5:28

5:27

5:36

That last repeat was rough – especially since my legs were starting to feel heavy by the end. After my watch beeped signalling the end of my last mile I just laid down on the running trail for a second because I was so pooped!

Overall I was really happy with how the workout went. My half marathon at the end of October is really creeping up on me so I was glad to put in a good effort and see that my fitness may actually be in a good place right now! I’d really like to go sub-1:21 at Rock ‘N’ Roll LA and think that these miles were a good indicator that that might actually be a possibility!

I took my recovery miles nice and SLOW yesterday and even ran past this little farm on the way.

Clover says hi!

After my run I drove up to Pasadena for the afternoon to visit my friend and her new puppy. He is the sweetest little thing ever!! You can officially add Australian Shepard to my dream dogs list — with all the dogs that Henri and I want I think we might need a farm to house them all! 🙂 haha

For lunch we checked out this cute coffee shop, Lavendar and Honey. I got the Italiano sandwich [ah-mazing!] and the Honeybee Latte which was really good but a little too sweet for my taste! The honey sweetener added a really unique taste but I could have done with about half of the amount.

Overall, a great little gem of a coffee shop!

What is your favorite kind of dog? While I LOVE Finn and Laci, I can’t wait for the day that we own a bigger place so that we can get a Viszla! They are my dream running buddy dog!

What is your hardest workout this week?

PS – 31 days until Henri is home!!!