Today, Elizabeth Corkum and I worked a commercial in the morning, and since we were wrapped at the same time, we resolved to do another run in Central Park today. Actually, this run replaces a cancelled run Sunday for us as she ended up with a cold then. Today’s run was significantly better than last as we both broke 8-minute miles. (Nice job, Elizabeth, with your 7:52s!)
Today’s run for me was about as decent as I can expect. The weather was gorgeous. I missed the actual temperature in the park but it was about 61 degrees, cool, sunny, and in the mid-afternoon. I had been up since 4am, when I got up, took 3 Redlines, and did 30 minutes of some workout DVDs concentrating on butt, thighs, and abs. Didn’t do much for fitting into my skinny jeans (on set the director had me turn my butt away from camera, for what I’ll read into as too much junk…), but it did help for my self-esteem knowing that I accomplished a workout despite an early calltime.
The run had labored breathing but it seemed I was doing the pacing and Elizabeth was actually keeping up (rather than last time when I was letting her set the pace). We didn’t do any sprints, just pushed a little toward the end to beat our last time. It worked.
Other that that, nothing much to report other than significant improvement in pace in such a short amount of time. I still definitely don’t feel in shape. Oh, but I did learn one thing: Don’t eat canned salmon just before a run. The taste was in my mouth by around mile 4 and it made me so nauseated toward the end that I didn’t want to sprint for fear of gastric consequences!