First of all, I love it here! I didn't run yesterday because I felt sick to my stomach the entire day, but this morning I felt much better (though still a little off) and I went right out for a run. I feel like I need to be more accountable now that I'm posting here! I ran 6 miles...and somehow, they were mostly uphill! I miscalculated the distance of the route and it ended up being 7.5 miles. I walked the last mile and a half home... and of course, that was the part that was mostly downhill!
Mile 1- completely uphill- 10:14 Mile 2- fairly flat with some down and up hills- 9:20 Mile 3- up a huuuuuge hill- 9:23 (I was so pleasantly surprised with that!) Mile 4- finally some level ground and downhills!- 8:36 Mile 5-mostly uphill but leveled out in a few places- 8:31 (*see my note below!) Mile 6-flat & downhill 9:14 *Last week, I played a little game to make myself run faster on a 5 mile run. I told myself that if I ran my 4th mile in 9:45 I wouldn't have to run a 5th. I missed it by 4 seconds. Today, I did something similar. I decided that if I ran my 5th mile in 9:15 or less, I could "take it easy" on my 6th mile. Well, my 5th mile was way faster than 9:15...and even my "take it easy" mile was less than 9:15! Probably because I was thinking of all my new Fast Running friends while I was running!
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