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Saturday, January 31, 2009

I Did It ... My First Double Digit Mileage !!!!

Yesterday, I began expanding my runs for the half marathon coming up soon. My plan was to run two miles farther than I've done before to make a total of 10 miles. My biggest issue is to run slower in order to finish the half marathon. By running a slower pace I will be building stamina. To me, it is hard to do this because you're use to running at a certain pace. So I started out checking my watch every mile to see if I need to slow down or speed up or continue my pace of a preplanned 10:30 a mile. Well, I didn't do a 10:30 pace and found I was comfortable at about a 10:10 pace. When I finished my eighth mile, I was beginning a new distance for me. Eight is as far as I had run so far. I felt good and with that in mind, I thought I would speed up to a pace a little more comfortable running. When I began my tenth mile, I thought that I would try eleven miles. I was still on a high and not struggling at all! At the end of the eleventh mile, I checked my speed the last three miles (newer distances) and found I was running better than I have ever run in the past! I was clocking in a little over an 8 minute mile! I've never done that before! I was so excited and finished feeling better than I had previously. Next week ... another 11 miler.
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jeff and rebecca said...

Hooray! That makes me tired just hearing about it. Yesterday I was couped up inside all day with Will and I missed such a beautiful day. I thought that I might walk down our road to the lake and back a couple of times but Will is kind of a scaredy cat and would not let me leave him for even a few minutes. Oh well, chicken pox dont last forever and neither will my sweet boy wanting his mommy. Keep up the good work. I love you and am so proud of the progress you have made.

February 10, 2009 at 2:29 PM

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