60 min elliptical and I talk to much at the gym haha! 8 miles outside in under an hour.Let's see how do I describe today..... No pain in my quad! I feel so good! My fitness is improving each week. I can tell. My first mile is usually always my slowest, wake-up mile. Then after that, my body just did what it knows best, running smooth and quick. I glanced at my watch at the 2 mile mark and saw split was: 7:16. I was shocked because it felt like I wasn't working very hard. Then mile 3 split: 6:59 -still felt very easy. Mile 4: 7:06. Mile 5: 7:11. And so on until the end of my run. I never below the 7:11 pace. I got emotional around mile 4 because I remembered hitting this point last year in my training, where I started hitting 7 minutes for my average everyday (non speedwork) runs. I feel like I am a little jaded after my injury this winter, and all the pain in and out's I've been through since the spring. Hurting somewhere off and on. Fighting the voices of doubt. But the last few weeks, minus the quad strain from last week, I feel something clicking inside me both physically and mentally and I am within grasp of the 3 hr marathon. If I can keep healthy, and training in this way, I know it is attainable. I don't run to compete with anybody. Never have. Not my style. I run for the self improvement. The joy. The self mastery. And that's the way I'd like to keep it. Bring on Hobble Creek! I'm ready. Splits: 7:40, 7:16, 5:59, 7:06, 7:11, 7:06, 7:10, 7:11.
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