8.1 miles at 5:50 am. The previous two weeks really messed up my running and sleeping routine... it was difficult to wake up early and I started later than I wanted. I'm so glad I woke up and ran this morning... I am now in such a great mood! I have run 8 miles and now cooked breakfast and the kids haven't even woken up yet. It's going to be a great day! (I'm trying to psyche myself up to tackle all the laundry and unpacking from the vacation... ugh!)
I'm supposed to run 19 miles with my group on Saturday. There's something really intimidating about that. I did 16 miles and 14 miles the previous two weekends ... both of which had average paces in the 8:00's... I shouldn't be worried... I can handle this! Still, I'm nervous. This will be the most I've ever run in one day. Two years ago I got injured on the 18 mile training run. I think I'm in MUCH better shape this time... and I've been logging so many more miles.
.... ok.... back to the positive thinking... It's going to be GREAT! I know it.
Splits
Mile 1 - 9:58
Mile 2 - 9:57
Mile 3 - 9:50
Mile 4 - 9:20
Mile 5 - 9:36
Mile 6 - 9:37
Mile 7 - 9:29
Mile 8 - 8:32
Last .1 mile - 7:47
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Decided to do a tempo run this evening. I ran 3.2 miles at a comfortably hard pace. I would have thought it would be faster than this but then it occured to me that I didn't warm up at all before I just started running fast. I got a stitch in my side - how odd as that never happens anymore - probably also because I just started running at an 8:00 pace off the bat. Ah well, learning experience...
I am being precise on my times below because I want to race myself on this same route next time.
Splits
mile 1 - 8:23
mile 2 - 8:25
mile 3 - 8:28
.1 - 43 seconds - 6:40 pace = making my 5k time 25:59
.1 - 32 seconds - 6:28 pace = making my 3.2 time 25:31 | 