Hot damn. So I came home and watch tv until the sun started to set – regardless it was still 84 degrees at 6:30pm. I looked up a 4 mile route and told myself to just pace myself. I ALWAYS run too fast as soon as I get moving, so I wanted to keep a steady pace all the way – no or verrrry little walking. I looked when I hit mile 1 and I was a little over 13 minutes (yuck, but I know a lot that was up hill) onto mile 2ish and I was at 24ish minutes (a lot of that was flat and I was in a good groove). then I got around to mile 3ish and was at 36ish minutes – okay. Then my ipod/stop watch died (FYI I let a fellow fitblr know that under “extras” on your ipod stopwatch is an option). I ran the last mile with no music (yuck I hate that…I think that’s another reason why am AM orientation run on Monday was only okay).
I ended up doing the run in under 52 minutes. When I went to map out my run I realized instead of a 4 mile run, I did a 4.3 mile run. So that means my average pace was just under 12 MINUTES A MILE!!!! Crazy. I know I can do 10/11 minute miles in spurts and I am thrilled with that time for such a long (for me) run. It also makes me really feel confident about my 10K – at this point I want it to be under an 75 minutes/under 1 hour 15 minutes. However I’d REALLY like it under 70 minutes/1 hour 10 minutes.
I wish I had my exact time for this run, but I know it was definitely no more than 52 minutes based on looking at the clock before I left/got home and the clock on campus I passed around the halfway point.
I had a water bottle with me which was good, I drank a bottle before my run, so I wasn’t dying for it while I ran, but I did drink from it it spurts throughout. I did 3+miles without walking at all, the last 2/3 of a mile I took 2 quick walk breaks (again a danger of no music – it’s harder for me to walk when there is music… therefore easier to walk when there isn’t).
I was pretty sweaty (so much so that even after a fairly cold show I was still sweating for a few minutes until my body cooled itself enough). My breathing was good for the run and the humidity wasn’t bad at all. I’m just trying to prep as best as possible for 8am on July 4th in Nashville – who knows what kind of weather it will be and I don’t want the weather to take a major toll on my performance.
God that was a good run. I feel so alive!
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