Cardio for 5-3-9

I woke up like a rock this morning. Must be because I didn’t eat enough last night. I made chili, but it was a DISASTER. I used dry beans and didn’t realize just how long it would take for them to hydrate. Concurrently, I used too much black beans and lentils, so the proportions were completely off. I’ll try to make some rice and see if I can make it savable. Seems like a complete waste to throw it to the birds.

The first couple feet felt like I wanted to die, but then it slowly got easier as I hit steady state. I figured I’d hit my low marker of a mile. I got there and realized I had some left in the tank. So I kept going. Got to a mile and a half and kept going. I would have finished the lap but I didn’t want to chance passing by an unleashed dog again. So, total distance of 1.75 miles, about. Maybe 1.8. Whatever.

If I can just keep at it, I can inch my way towards three miles.

The coolrunnings website seems to have a really awkward jump from intervals to distance runs. Also, running for time in a treadmill does not at all match up with running for distance. The website seems to assume you run at a 6 mph pace, or a mile in ten minutes. Long intervals on a treadmill, I worked myself up to. But I wasn’t ready to jog two miles straight last week. Maybe next week. My goal of jogging 3 miles straight by the end of June is still within reach.

Ate and am freshly showered. Oh, better trim my nails before they desoften.