When Training Time is Scarce…

It’s been a few days since I ran, and it’s been a few days since I posted.  After spending the last 4 days in Jamaica, I can’t say its good to be back, but it will be nice to back to a semi-regular routine.  I say semi-regular because it’s become progressively harder to carve out time to run and strength train as work demands, an upcoming wedding and family/friend obligations crank into full gear.

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I channeled my scheduling frustrations into today’s run.  I figured if time is getting more and more scarce, it only makes sense to pack more quality into my workouts.  I did a 6.67 mile tempo run from the Financial District up the FDR and to about 14th street.  The first half I ran 7:03 splits, then on the way back I decided to fight the jet-lag and RedStripe induced sluggishness by picking up the pace to 6:36. 

It felt great to push myself since the only running I did since Wednesday’s Corporate Challenge was a single 25 minute jog around the resort in Jamaica.  The big trick will be to figure out how to schedule a long run one day this week, since I can’t guarantee that there will be time over the weekend.  I’ll post a follow-up to the NYC Chase Corporate Challenge in tomorrow’s post.

J

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