Sigh, just got to the office from court.  My morning started with me going to my normal empanada place for breakfast, waiting in line for 10 minutes as some dude bought bottle after bottle of wine at the place at 7am, and then this other asshole cut through the bakery line and he got the last two empanadas. When I told the girl I was next in line, she was like oh, I don't know...I told her I was going to Starbucks and left with a nice smile on my face.  She probably heard me calling the asshole a colón (line cutter) as I passed by him and he didn't respond or he would have been slammed to the floor, I was so pissed at NOT HAVING ANY EMPANADAS.  Never eating empanadas ever again, I guess.  At least there.  Hope the guy choked on them too!

 

Then there were two accidents on the way to court and I almost had to choke on McDs to be able to eat before court.

And then don't ask me about the accidents on the way back to the office.... Now I understand why that dude was ordering so many bottles of wine. It was to deal with Wednesday.

You snuck in while I was typing! Docket. I love you, b/c food is a BFD. And I'm angered on your behalf for him cutting in line. Lame about having to eat McDs instead of lovely, beautiful empanadas. I need to start having some good breakfasts in my life. Usually, as I'm running out the door, I'm grabbing a lame vegan protein bar. #winning #butnotreally

 

I realize as a Canadian it's probably none of my business, but the empanada-related violence in your country is getting out of control.

 

Why can't you people put aside your political differences to take sensible steps to tackle this problem?

 

For instance: a 5-minute cooling-off period for anyone wanting to buy an empanada would greatly reduce the amount of burnt tongues.

I thought you were going to suggest poutine.

 

 

Whiskers, I'm doing MT right now (first time ever doing this kind of mileage), but regular mileage for me is ~40, and I don't really like LRs more than 12.  I found adding the 6th day makes it pretty easy to get it in, and as long as you keep it easy effort, it's not a huge strain physically.  Also, instead of adding a full mile to a day, add 1/2 a mile or 3/4.  They add up at the end of the week, but I find it's less overwhelming when I'm deciding what's on tap for the day.

 

I would really like to do a double here or there, but I never have the motivation to do anything after work, and like you say, it's family time.  I try to keep my little habit from affecting the rest of the family as much as possible.  (Not because I'm so noble, I just don't want to have to deal with any complaining.)

IDK why it seems so amazing to me, but adding a day make such a big difference in ability to hit a weekly mileage total. I had been running 6 days consistently for a few years. Since adding a 7th day mid-last year, getting in the 40s is like falling off a log. And hitting 70 when I need to for marathon training becomes easier too. And a little thing - it seems when you tell non-runners that you run, they seem to want to ask "every day?" And I used to always have to explain that I took a day off every week. Now I can just say yes.

BTW, regarding adding fractional miles - I always run in full mile increments. Maybe with a .1. Sometimes I'll have a couple with additional tenths, and by the end of the week it adds up an extra full mile. It's like finding a $20 bill in your pocket.

 

IDK why it seems so amazing to me, but adding a day make such a big difference in ability to hit a weekly mileage total. I had been running 6 days consistently for a few years. Since adding a 7th day mid-last year, getting in the 40s is like falling off a log. And hitting 70 when I need to for marathon training becomes easier too.

Totally agree

LRB - hilarious image. I'm glad you caught it finally though. Implants are so ridiculously expensive, you really don't want to pay extra.

D - sorry you're having such a bad day.

12.3 easy miles for me. It was supposed to start snowing midway, but fortunately that didn't happen.

 

IDK why it seems so amazing to me, but adding a day make such a big difference in ability to hit a weekly mileage total. I had been running 6 days consistently for a few years. Since adding a 7th day mid-last year, getting in the 40s is like falling off a log. And hitting 70 when I need to for marathon training becomes easier too. And a little thing - it seems when you tell non-runners that you run, they seem to want to ask "every day?" And I used to always have to explain that I took a day off every week. Now I can just say yes.

 

This is encouraging. When I started out, I ran 3 days a week and "didn't have time for more". Well...I liked running and wanted to do more so adding a 4th and eventually 5th day ended up being no big deal. Right now I also see a personal trainer 2x week so in order to keep one complete rest day, I double up one of the sessions on a run day. I think in order to add Day 6 of running, I need to just do one session with my trainer each week and then do some strength exercises at home. Oh, and have it mesh ok with DH's swim/bike/run schedule

There are a few SAHMs in my neighborhood with their kids at school all day. I always think how freaking fast and strong I'd be if I had that much time to play with each day!

LRB, the mental image is hysterical, but I'm glad you finally caught it!

I try to run a little bit over my goal every time so I have that cushion that adds up at the end of the week or month.  It doesn't always happen, but when it does, it's nice - an extra .1-.3 really does make a big difference when you look at monthly totals.

I got 6.1 TM miles during lunch.  Today was the same workout as last Wednesday - WU, 3x 1M @ 10k w400 JR, CD.  I struggled to hold the paces today, but did 10:20, 10:09, 10:15ish.  The last one I started at 10:09, but cut it back to 10:20 around half way, so I'm guessing the average on that one.  I think I needed to warm up longer and pay more attention.  I kind of zoned out during the warm up, came to in time to see I was near a nice round easy to remember mileage total and hurried to speed up for the first interval.  I should have just kept going for another .25 or something to be more mentally prepared to speed up.