Running twice in one day :) Speedwork etc.

Today I ran twice in one day. I actually got up early (it's one of my New Year's Resolutions to wake up at 6am every day... but I have rarely carried it out!), and was headed to the gym when my dog Venus gave me puppy dog eyes and got all hyper. She really, really wanted to go for a run. So I took her, although it was really cold outside! We ran for three miles on the bike path by Candelaria, in about 30 minutes, so a ten minute per mile pace.

Then after work I went to the downtown Sports & Wellness and ran 2 miles in 17:35... a 8:48 pace. That was a great pace run. I was aiming for 8:35 minutes per mile (which is the time I thought I'd like to run an upcoming 5k race in), but unfortunately that felt a bit too fast for me. Still, 8:48 is a good pace and I would be happy if I could run the remaining 1.1 miles at that same pace. I would love to come in under 27 minutes.

After that run at the gym, I did 15 minutes of arm exercises. 8 different machines/ exercises; about 2 sets of 12 reps on each. So I worked out for over an hour today.