Ran 8 miles in the morning in Los Lunas, NM. The run felt pretty good. Nothing remarkable, although I did run to music this morning just to make the run more enjoyable. I gotta get me a shuffle (or shuffle clone). The last 1/2 mile of the run was up a major hill. Pushed it up the hill, this was the only time during the run when I started breathing harder. Got back to our hotel and met up with Libby to run another 3 easy miles. It was quite enjoyable to run with her, we got to talk, and it made the miles go by pretty fast. Not to mention the enjoyable company . . . :) Total time for the 8 mile run was 1:06:58, average pace of 8:19/mile. Perhaps a bit faster than I had planned on, but I guess the important thing was that it felt good. Total time for the 3 mile run was 32:54, average pace of 10:59/mile. Nice and easy, very comfortable conversational pace. I am excited that I was able to get to up to 45 miles for the week this week. The plan is to do 7 miles during the week next week, and then run a 14-15 miler on Saturday to get me at 49-50 miles for next week. It is pretty amazing to see the miles finally getting up there for me. And the most exciting thing for me is that I still feel great, no injuries. Woohoo!
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