Pathetic run. 6:37 am, 64-66° F, 48% humidity, wind 5 WSW. I'm registered for a half-marathon next Saturday. I kind of made this deal with myself that if I could run 10 miles this Saturday, then I would do the race, and if not then I wouldn't. I agreed to meet Carly at 7:15 and then we would run to meet up with Michelle and the three of us would do about 6 miles together. So I decided that I would get up earlier and run 4 miles before meeting up with Carly. However, I didn't get out the door quite early enough. I was just a couple of minutes later than I needed to be, so I ran faster than I like to that first 4 miles to get back to meet up with Carly. (I wasn't sure she'd wait for me if I was late because I hadn't actually talked to her. Michelle had just left her a voice mail message about our plan.) About a mile into the run with both of them, I'm felt like quitting, but I kept going. But then after I had been with Carly for nearly four miles, I was staggering along behind the two of them and I just stopped running and turned off my watch and started walking. They didn't even notice at first. But then they noticed and I told them to go on ahead without me. They were reluctant, but they agreed. Then I walked the rest of the way home at a very leisurely pace. It was probably about a mile and a half to home. So I self destructed. I didn't manage to run 10 miles. Maybe it's because I ran too fast at the first. In any case, I neglected to pick up my race packet this weekend. I could still pick it up the morning before the race next Saturday, but I doubt that I will. I've spent the money one way or the other. I don't think I want to go make myself miserable running further than I'm comfortable in the heat all by myself. AP: 10:03. Splits: 10:10 9:27, 8:23, 9:26, 9:57, 10:34, 10:47, 0.97 @ 10:47.
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