Today was a 50 minute scheduled run on the 1/2 marathon training program. I didn't have high hopes for this run. My legs felt a little heavy after my 10K on Saturday. I also had a tough morning.
I found yet another mouse head in my dinning room! It's a very similar story to yesterday, so please refer to the previous post for further info on the horror of it all. Oh, I found it by accidentally kicking it. My foot still feels odd. UGH!
Back to the run... I had 2 girlfriends over during lunch to make our first batch of apple wine. Very fun, but it did put off my running until the afternoon. This wasn't so bad, because it the weather was finally nice. So, an afternoon run would be beautiful and not cold.
I hit the road at 5pm, and the temperatures were in the mid 50s. Not too bad, seeing as most of October has been full of rainy and 40 degree days.
My run felt slow. I hadn't been running very fast lately. I ignored my watch at the 1 mile point and kept moving on. At the 1.5 mile point I had run 14:45! Holy cow! I'd run under 10 minute miles!
I kept on moving. I tried to keep my pace constant, pushing myself up the hills and loving the downhills. At the 5K point I'd run it in 31:30. Maybe a bit slower, but pretty good. So, I kept moving. I finished my 50 minutes at what I thought was 5 miles. I then went to this cool new website: http://www.walkjogrun.net/ to plot my course and see how far I really went.
I ran 5.12 miles in 50 minutes! I can't believe it! I feel so powerful right now! This is amazing. I'm running faster than I did 10 years ago. This is wonderful! I can't wait to see what my 1.5 mile time will be in November!
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Woo hoo!!!
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