Couldn't get to the computer last night to post...YouTube had taken over. =)
Forgot to put my digital watch on before I went out and decided that was okay. I didn't feel like going inside to get it, and also just had a lot on my mind and decided it would be a good night for a sort of Zen-like training run...just to get out of my own head for a while.
Prescribed run for the day was 2.5 miles, or 5 loops of my neighborhood route. I decided to see if I could maintain a slow but steady pace and not have to take walking breaks. I did it!! And I still felt good after the 2.5 miles and felt like I could have gone longer, but decided I shouldn't overtrain with a race coming up in 3 1/2 weeks.
Still, it was a very satisfying feeling to run the last .5 a little faster than the others, and still feel like there was something in the tank.
Saturday's run is scheduled to be 2.5 miles also, so I plan to remember the watch and do the same thing, and see what kind of time I run when I feel that good.
Amazing that about six weeks ago I could only run for about 8 minutes at a time without stopping for a break, and that in 8 minutes I would cover only about 1/3 of a mile...
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2 comments:
Great job on the non-stop 2.5 miles. It's amazing what 6 weeks of hard work will do!
And just think what you'll be able to do in a year! ;)
John
Way to go Ashley, for me the hardest mile is always the first 2.
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