Well, I have the chance so want to document my workouts this week. Monday was done on the treadmill. After 1.6 miles of running (mostly), the machine quit. I had to start over which was a total distraction. So, all in all a 3.1 mile day. I walked for probably 3 – 4 minutes total, but felt pretty good about the run. Tuesday was a scheduled rest day and this morning, I planned on hitting the weights but the sleep was needed – and was much better for my body than lifting was. Today, the schedule calls for a 4 mile easy run (easy — yeah right). I didn’t want to do it on my own, so decided to join a few others who have been running outside Monday and Wednesday nights. We discussed it on week 4’s Saturday run, and they have been doing it since.<\/p>\n
The weather was great tonight — upper 50s with a slight breeze. We met at about 5:55 and waited until after 6:05 to see if others would join us. There were 3 women, another man and myself. I wish I were better with names than I am — but will certainly recognize all to say hello to on Saturdays. One woman was close to my age, and the others were all in their 20’s. I felt that I was in for the run of my life just to keep up. We finally took off and ran the same course as on Saturday — hills and all.<\/p>\n
Apparently, doing my “homework” has paid off. I think that I was either feeling much better or was doing better because of the warmer weather. I kept up the entire time (granted it was at a slower pace), but no walking at all. I even led at part of the run, but everyone kept close. No walking, not even up the hills — ZERO Walking!!<\/p>\n
The four miles went by quickly, keeping up a conversation along most of the route with these really nice folks (runners). I was tired at the end because I pushed myself harder than previously, but have recovered quickly. Saturday, it’s another 4 miles — but I have full confidence I can do it now. I think our time was 45 minutes – about 11+ minutes per mile, but non-stop and with hills! Remove the hills and I know I can drop several minutes from my time.<\/p>\n
For the first time, I am actually looking forward to the rest of the training and running in the 10K!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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