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Weird day..."tempo run"

March 27, 2015 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: mid 60s, sunny, pollen-y

Comments:
Did some stuff in the AM, then met CA for a mid-day run.

Wore my new orthotics again, but the blistering sucked. I had to stop and adjust, then actually run home and tape, before we could go. From there, we ran really easy along the river path, SUUUPER slow because the allergies were jacking HR for us both!

But as we made our way back, it occurred to me that I was going to be LATE for work: my afternoon of seeing patients at EPT. So we actually had to do a bonafide tempo effort to get back.

The depressing thing was, at HR around 170 (maybe sub-170 average), our pace was 6:3x! On smooth pavement! WTF?

But it occurred to me, finally, WHY my stride was so slow: SWIVZ!!!!!!! After watching the videos from last night, it was plain to see I was twisty as fuck and, essentially, not actually swinging my arms AT ALL.

So, as we went along, besides cueing CA to use her hips better, I was trying to not swivz and instead swing arms. It was hard. -_-

PM: worked a busy at 1-5 at EPT, which was good. Then went to yoga.