Today's run ended with the thought "Every day I AM getting stronger." It didn't start out looking like it was going to end that way. Once again, I proved to myself that even on the days when I think my run is going to be bad or painful, going and trying is far better than not going at all.
This morning was a bit overcast, the pavement was wet, my expected running buddy for the day had a change of plans, my back was a bit sore, and the air was very heavy with moisture. All of this together looked like a recipe for disaster.
I started out by doing a series of warm-ups in the driveway, which was a bit new for me. Typically I just start off slow and use mile 1 as my warm-up, even though it's difficult. Not a recommendation. The warm-up actually helped. A lot.
I headed out and made sure to hold myself back. I wanted to start slow and build on the run. It is so hard to get back into the distance mindset, when I feel like I'm doing sprints.
I settled in by the first interval beep at 4:30 and thought I felt like I could keep going. Until this moment, I hadn't decided what kind of run I was going to do. I was thinking of maybe using the 4:30/1 run/walk intervals, but instead of walking, just slow-running. There was also the thought of "just go and see how far you can get before you have to walk." Then there was, let's just go super slow the whole time and run the whole thing. By 4:30 into the run, I was good with seeing how far I could get running. By 20 minutes into the run, I wasn't about to take a walk interval. It became hard to slow down because I was in such a groove.
Mile one was done in 11:50. A bit faster than I had planned or expected, but not totally overdoing it. Mile two was a 12:16 mile. Still okay. Mile 2-2.6 was at a 11:34 pace, probably a bit fast for what I was supposed to do, but the fact that I was still running at this point, and felt like I could get to 3 miles, was awesome.
31:13 with an 11:58 pace. I'll take it. I really hope and pray this continues. I would love nothing more than to be able to Run the entire 5K on March 9th. What a birthday gift to myself that would be.
Speaking of my birthday run - come join us!! I'll have cupcakes at the finish line for anyone who signs up with team CareRunners or comes to cheer us on at the start/finish area. Daniel & I are running the 5K and my other kids are doing the 1 mile fun run. It's walker-friendly too. Join in the fun!!! Register here -
Solid Rock 5K
It is absolutely gorgeous outside now, so heading out to enjoy the rest of this beautiful, spring-like day.
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