Reining it in...

I've been running faster than my body can handle :(

Yesterday I got to visit my PT.  I *heart* her.  She gets me.  She understands my mentality... how hard it is for me to just 'play' at a sport.  She doesn't bat an eyelash when I start talking about running stadiums or doing quarter- or half-mile hill repeats.  And she didn't laugh out loud when I mentioned running in the Bay to Breakers... even when I told her I wanted to run it in an hour.

I *heart* her big time.

I also trust her.

She said to stop running so fast on the fast days and that I was right to only do speedwork every other week.  My hip cannot recover properly if I do so much so soon.  My mind, heart and lungs are ahead of my hip.  She reminded me that a year ago I was still limping around in my slippers.  Yes, I could not wear real shoes for awhile there, folks.  "Be smart," is what she said.  "You know how to listen to your body."


So now I need to hunker down and slow down... and hit those target splits/times put forth by my Automated Training Program... even though I am chomping at the bit to haul ass when I see the word "speedwork" at the top of the page :)

Tonight I did a pretty good job:

2x400 @ 2:14 became 2:09 and 2:12
2x400 @ 2:09 became 2:12 and 2:06
2x400 @ 2:04 became 2:02 twice!
2x400 @ 1:57 became 1:59 and 1:56

So I'm getting the hang of it...

Now I get to stretch and roll and eat my dinner!

And then collapse into bed.