Before I begin my workout report, I just have to say that I was so excited today - MY GARMIN FINALLY ARRIVED! I was so geeked out about it. I absolutely love it. No problems at all acquiring satellite, already have it cradled and connected to my PC and have already uploaded my two runs today (1 with boys, plus my regular run). This thing is totally awesome. OK, enough about my new toy, on to my workout.
I am excluding some frantic sprinting I did prior to my run with the boys, when Sam and Joseph took off, and we couldn't find Sam for about 5 minutes. I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off, until I finally said a prayer, and started back home. About a minute later, as I was on my way home, a car stopped to tell me that Sam was home. Feelings of relief and gratitude flooded through me, first that he was home safe and second that someone hadn't seen him alone and tried to abduct him (yes, that thought had crossed my mind . . .). All that aside, I had a marvelous run.
Started out by running 1.2 miles with the boys (I love the Garmin!), and finally knew exactly how far we had run. It was great. Sam did a great job. Then I ran a 5 mile workout on the Garmin. I set the workout for 5 miles with an average pace of 8:40/mile. For the first 2 miles, I averaged about 8:37/mile - not too bad. Next 2 miles were at 8:32/mile - just a little faster. Picked up the pace for the last mile, had to stop at the stoplight for a few seconds (I love the autopause feature), and finished with a 7:39 mile. Total time was 41:59, average pace was 8:23/mile. I am so excited about this. Today I was thinking about running St. George, and also was thinking about running the White Mountain 1/2 marathon, and think that the White Mountain will be a good indicator for me of my fitness for St. George. As my mileage goes up, I think I will have a better idea of my predicted times for each of these races. | 