RunSwim #15

Today's lunchtime run was great. There's a fantastic path behind the Donelson Y, and I ran pretty much all 8 miles of it today. Fortunately, it didn't take me the entire 1:15, but I ran it all and felt great!

• 1:06:31, 7.93 miles, 8:23 pace, 956 calories, 172 average HR (far from the prescribed Z1 to Z2). I felt great and definitely could have kept up that pace for another 5 for a total of 13 miles (half-marathon).
• Lap 1: 25:12, 3.1 miles, 8:08 pace, 164 HR. From the Y to the Percy Priest Dam and back to the path; mostly flat with half sun, half shade.
  
• Lap 2: 25:35, 3.1 miles, 8:16 pace, 176 HR. From after Percy Priest Dam the other direction; very hilly (long hills) with a sweet bridge next to the river, to the end (Kohl's and Target; I wonder where this is?), and back to the bridge.
• Lap 3: 9:13 (1:00:00), 1.05 miles (7.25 total), 8:46 pace, 180 HR. From the bridge up the super long hill, down, to my water stop, and up another good hill.
• Lap 4: 5:29, 0.63 miles, 8:41 pace, 180 HR. From the top of the hill to the end.
• Lap 5: 1:01, 301 ft, 17:49 pace (obviously my short cool down), 171 HR. From the end to the Y.

After work I headed to the Y to swim. As much as I like the 50-meter pool I hate it. I feel like I'm not going anywhere! I did the 500 warm up, 8×50 drill, and 1 of the 5×400 in 8:17. I know it was only 1,300 and I hated ending on an obvious odd number, but my head just wasn't in it. If I get to bed early tonight, I'll finish tomorrow morning. If not, I'll skip the rest and it won't be the end of the world.