Blogs : Beth Lutz

Day 4: Dog Days

Wednesday, August 27^th

Run: 5 miles (40 minutes) at Camp Manitou

This morning’s run was a guess-your-time run. Everybody told Schwammie the time they thought it would take them to run the approximately 1.75 mile course. Afterwards, everyone removed their watches, and Schwammie started individual runners out every 20 seconds. Because you’re running by yourself for the most part the temptation is to run faster than you normally would for an easy run. I took this into account with my prediction (14:30). Running by yourself is pretty boring, however, especially when you’re so close to people you know you could potentially be running with, so towards the end of the route Mary joined me and we told each other lame jokes the rest of the way. I ended up finishing in 14:34 (sweet predicting!), which was good for second place on the team.

I was tired on this run (I added on before and after the guess-your-time course), although I didn’t feel as bad as I thought I would. Hard workouts usually take a little over a day to catch up with me, so it’s not surprising for me to feel decent the day right after a workout and then crash the next day. This was my only run of the day, however, so hopefully the lighter load has me feeling a little better tomorrow.

My joke: So a police officer pulls over a guy who he suspects has been drinking. The police officer shines a light in the guy’s face and says, “Your eyes are red, have you been drinking?” The guy replies, “Your eyes are glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?”