{"id":154,"date":"2009-04-07T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/http:\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/2009\/04\/two-for-one.html"},"modified":"2009-04-07T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T14:01:00","slug":"two-for-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/ms\/two-for-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Two for one"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have now missed blogging after two runs so I will do my best to get caught up here. Both of these runs were somewhat similar as we finally got some nice weather this spring. I ran my Saturday run in the afternoon and it was actually HOT! Seems like forever (well since the Seattle half) that I have actually felt too warm on a run. The sun was almost directly overhead and I got no shade (plus the trees haven’t leafed out yet. Other than the heat and realizing I need to start bringing water with me again, the run was awesome. It felt really great to have the sweat just pour out of me again, loved it. I ended up doing a longer run than usual at 6.5 miles. After my run I guzzled a huge glass (actually I drank it somewhat sow) of electrolyte replacement drink, well ER soda anyway (powerade).<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a banner day for my running. It was warm, but only getting there as I went out somewhat early. I brought my Ipod for the run. I am always amazed at the affect music has on my running over just listening to the radio (which I have been doing a lot of lately). I choose a type of music called donk, which is an extremely fast-paced blend of reggae, rav and rap that is popular in England. The beat is pretty consistent throughout and almost perfectly set to a fast running pace. If I slowed down and got off beat, I would quickly find myself back on the beat and my body would naturally try to keep up. I listened to it for about four miles before I decided I needed to go slower and listen to something mellower. The pace felt great and even though I slowed down for the last half, I broke a nine minute mile pace for the first time since I recalibrated my watch. I ended up doing a nearly 8 mile run too, so fast and long. It felt awesome and I feel like I am getting back to a point where I can start improving on my running again beyond the “getting back into it” improvement. For the first time in a long while I have been thinking about going to the track and doing speed work, we’ll see but I should be doing it soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have now missed blogging after two runs so I will do my best to get caught up here. Both of these runs were somewhat similar as we finally got some nice weather this spring. I ran my Saturday run … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,100,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hiredhandmedia.com\/runwithms\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}