After a so-so run on the track on Friday I took Saturday off and then hit the track again Sunday. It was a GORGEOUS Easter Sunday and since I hundreds of miles away from family it was a lovely ME day. I was actually surprised to see so many people on the track and despite the 80+ degree weather there was a lovely breeze. After some stretching and 2 warm up laps I was able to knock out a 10:14 minute mile which was exciting. I probably could have pushed it a little more, but knowing that I wanted to knock 3 miles out I wanted to pace myself. I actually walked/jogged another half mile before doing “sprint miles.” what I did was on the straightaways of the track I would run as fast as I possibly could and then on the curves of the track I walked. At that pace I was at about a 14 minute mile, but I bet if I jogged the curve instead of walked it I could shave quite a few minutes off.
As a bonus from the running I got a lovely sunburn/tan. I actually LOVE getting color and need to work up a base “burn” before I start tanning. The only downfall was that I was running in a tank top and my ipod armband left a lovely little white stripe on my arm!
I felt so good about my run yesterday (and really all my recent runs) that I broke out a SKIRT today to show off my legs!
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