You never slow down, you never grow old

[1:30:34] Can't believe I finished the race! This is the farthest I have run since 2 years ago when Hannah and I did our tour de Boston!  I am so proud of my poor little body!!  If I could do that with no training at all then next year I am going to kick ass!  The most fun race I have ever run!  All the music and the people and the run through showers and all the free stuff....especially the beer!!  I knew I could keep the 10 minute mile pace for 6 miles since I've done it before so I tried to stick to that and hope it could get me the extra miles I've never run before... and it seemed to work!  I felt sluggish and kind of icky at about the 7 mile mark but tried not to think about the 2+ miles I still had to go.  I dumped a bunch of water on my head and used the music on the side of the road to push me to the end.  The last mile or so seemed to take forever but I felt good and sprinted through the finish line to the beer tent!  I am super excited to run this race next year and it made me feel pretty confident that I can do the half marathon in September (though I will actually train for that one).

Much needed rest day!

Scheduled Workout: 5 miles

5.10 miles running on the treadmill at 0.5 incline, mostly at 10mph, sprinted the last 0.10 miles.  Felt pretty good considering the race on Sunday.

Scheduled Workout: 5 miles

5.0 miles on the treadmill at 0.5 incline at 10 min/mile pace with the last 0.15 miles at 7:30 pace

Scheduled Workout: Cross train

Took about an 8 mile kayak trip up the Charles River from Watertown to about Central Square with Erin.  So much fun!

Scheduled Workout:  Rest Day

Scheduled Workout: 6 miles

[1:00:32] Parked the car at Horseneck Beach and ran up through the reservation with Jenny, along East Beach and down Horseneck Road by the farms.  Turned around at just about 30 minutes and ran back to the beach.  It was a bit over 6 miles but I don't have the exact distance so I'm calling it 6.25.  We were soaked in sweat by the time we finished and changed into our bathing suits right in the parking lot, found a space in the sand and went right in the water!  90+ degrees and icky humid again!  Spent the entire day at the beach...and burned my face a little!