Next week will be my 5 mile mark so that will defnitely be a milestone for me. But, this morning was the first time I ran over an hour! And, I survived! :)
I have done a lot of my running the last few weeks on the treadmill at the gym. I knew I needed to get a long run in on the pavement, so that's what I did this morning. I tried to start off as slow as possible, because I tend to run my first mile so much quicker (naturally!), but my last couple of miles are SUPER slow because I've worn myself out. But, my first mile was still faster than the rest.
My goal for today was 4 1/2 miles. I ended up running 4.65 according to gmaps pedometer (I'll take all of the extra decimal places I can get!). It took me 1:04:14. This was a teeny bit slower than I wanted to, but it helped me think more about my pacing...especially on the pavement. I can control my pace on the treadmill - on the pavement, I have to learn how to control it. It'll come. I'll figue it out. That's why we're giving ourselves 5 months to train, right?
I feel okay - SUPER, super sweaty! That is probably the hardest thing for me - the sweat! It makes me crazy! I survived, though. Just under a 14 min. mile, so I will definitely have to pick up my pace, but not too bad for a long run. I keep telling myself, every long run I do is longer than I've ever done, so WAY TO GO!
I found a free running log app for my new iPhone. It's very easy to use & let's you map your runs on a calendar. I like that it spits out your milage & duration for the week (or month) and tells you your average pace. This week, my average pace was 12:52.
Miles this week - 10 1/2
Duration this week - 2:11:53
Looking forward to hearing about everyone else's progress! Post! Let us know how it's going!!
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