Day 87

Well, the "as fast as I can" part turned out to be not that fast at all:

Mile 1: 8:20
Mile 2: 8:10

I started out too fast and by the end of Mile 1 I was already feeling like I couldn't do another. Basically the whole second mile was utterly miserable, I literally could not go ANY faster, my legs felt awkward, clumsy and heavy, and I couldn't catch my breath--I was practically wheezing by the time I reached my house. This is one of the only times I've felt like barfing after a run.

I may have also made it harder on myself by not warming up, plus that's just the fastest I've ever run, period, so obviously it was going to be a bit harder. But I know it was mostly that I started out too fast; I've been running on the treadmill so much lately that I'm out of practice in pace-setting and just depend on the machine to set my pace for me.

In other news, I found my jumprope! Which I thought I had lent to someone and lost forever. So I'm very excited about that. I did some jumproping and ab work yesterday and my abs totally kill this morning. Love it!