AM - 5.5 easy miles. No soreness from the long run on Saturday, which is a good thing. Still hot out - wishing it would cool down a bit before SGM so that I will be a little better acclimatized to the conditions. Total time for the morning run was 46:52, average pace of 8:31/mile. This run felt good. As a matter of fact, the only sore part of me was my ankle, which I turned at the 5K on Friday when we were running on the gravel that was not well-lit. Everything else feels good. I am looking forward to doing 20 miles already.
PM - ran 4 miles. Started off fairly easy, although a bit faster than this morning, then gradually sped up. At first I was going to run 3 miles, then I decided to do 4 miles. At the half-way mark, I decided I was feeling a bit frisky, and sped up. Last two miles at MP, final mile in 7:07. Mornings seem to be the time for me to have a nice relaxing run, and for some reason, I tend to want to run faster in the evenings. However, I need to remind myself that any MP effort mileage should really be at about 7:30/mile, no faster.
On a side note, I was overjoyed to find out that Lybi won her age division - first medal for her! Again, I am so proud of her. Running is just one more thing that we can do together to grow closer and stronger. | 