I ran pounded the pavement for 8 miles. I ran a lot of it, but I took walk breaks as well. I ended up leaving my place at 7:12pm and the weather wasn’t terrible, it actually started to cool down fairly quickly and there were some lovely breezes. What wasn’t so lovely…trying out a new route for the first half of my run that had more hills and valleys than I would have liked.
There were points in the run where my legs were tired, but I never felt overheated or that I couldn’t finish. I told myself before I left that I wasn’t running for time, I was running to knock out the distance. I actually got home at 9:02pm so a 1:50:00ish run. I feel good about that time, especially since it was my first long distance run in 2 weeks (I missed my long run last weekend due to work). Also my 8 mile run burned over 1,000 calories. CRAZY!?!
Just now I took some preemptive advil and stretched, but I know I’ll be sore tomorrow, but it’s a rest day so I’m good. In hindsight for a better run, I shouldn’t have laid out in the sun today so much – it’s draining, I shouldn’t have tried an unknown route, and I should have brought a little more water – I could have used another 8oz. However you live and learn.
Random observation: I wore my 10K outfit for my run today and it’s interesting to see how the top is getting a bit looser on me and how my love handles aren’t as terrible in my shorts as they were.
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