The first part of this week started out on vacay still. I managed a second run in Charleston on Tuesday morning, this time on Sullivan's Island. This is the location of Fort Moultrie, where the US Civil War began, and was a very interesting neighborhood to run around. Since this was the end of a rest week, I stopped when I reached 3.75 miles.
I didn't get in a second maintenance run, just no time, but I got in a great run on Saturday morning. The very was perfect, just a light crisp in the air and when the sun came out there was a cool breeze to go with it. It was also my first time trying lock laces, which worked great! I think I need to get a second pair for my old shoes.
My goal for this run was 8.5 miles. Starting this run was really hard just because it felt like so much, SO much running. I actually started to get a little panicky and had to talk to myself to get through it.
I managed to get in the first 2 or 3 miles with just a few walking breaks, but then I got stuck at a red light. It was one of those intersections that only has two crosswalks instead of four, so I had to wait basically the whole light cycle. I figured this was sort of a simulated character stop for the MW HM. I ran another 1 or 2 miles and then took a second stop at the local library to use the bathroom and fill up my water bottles. By this time I was nearing 5 miles and knew I only had about a 5k to go, so it was actually easy running.
I had two Gu packets with me for this one. I had the first one about mile 4 and the second one about miile 6 or so. This seemed to work out well. I think for the actual 10 miler (more below) that I might need a third, just in case.
When I got to 8 miles I wasn't quite home, so I ran an extra mile and got to 9. I felt really good, like I could have run for another mile, but I stopped. Overall:
Running time - 1 hour 32 minutes
Walking time - 4.45 minutes
Stopped time - 7.16 minutes
This was a good run! I'm really confident about my 10 miler after this run. I was glad to have taken a Claritin beforehand, because the pollen was pretty gross, but the flowers were beautiful!
March Recap:
March was my most running miles ever. 60.6 miles! It just barely beat January before I got hurt (57.9), but it also included a week of vacation and a few tough weeks of work, so.
Coming Up:
I have four weeks until my 10 miler and I'd like some advice. My original plan got a little screwed up because of the PT and so I had planned to keep increasing distance. BUT, after this weekend's 9 mile run, I don't think that's needed anymore, so I was thinking about this plan:
April 7 - 6.5ish miles (give my body a bit of a break)
April 14 - 9.5 miles (get that last increase in before a mini taper)
April 21 - 6 miles (actually 6.2 because I have a 10k which I'm just aiming to have fun)
April 28 - 10 miler
Thoughts?
Also, my strength training program has been none existent. I need to do better at that
But it is definitely fun!
