I woke up on this fine morning and decided that I was going to run 6 miles. I should have run 6 miles last Saturday, but I did a 5k on Sunday in Mobile instead. So, I got a good breakfast in me and some coffee, let it settle, and then off I went. It was cold, my eyes were watering, and my nose would not stop running! I finally warmed up by mile and a half and found that I was at a comfortable 10:17 per mile pace. I did not run a specific route...instead, I just ran. I felt great! I decided that by mile 5 I was going to turn so that I was farther away from my neighborhood and would have to run farther than 6 miles :) I felt good and knew I could do it too. I ended up running 7 miles and kept a good 10:26 pace by the time I stopped. I did this run in 1:13:36! WOW...I had never run this far before and I ran it faster than the 2 10k's I have participated in! You can view my route here.
I felt so great after this run that I thought to myself, "Why didn't I just keep going"? The answer was easy though...I have not done this type of training before and even though I have been in Triathlons and bike rides that lasted longer than what I just did, I still did not want to over do it. I was very proud of myself and I look forward to running 8 miles next weekend (secretly I would like to run 9...but I'm not pushing it!)
Here's to the next workout. Until then...
April :)
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