It has certainly been a good year.....I am very thankful for my new running hobby. I started the C25K program in February. I ran in four 5k races, one 10k, and am up to seven miles in my training for a half marathon in 2014.
If you are interested in my other hobby, go to my other blog and see what all went on in 2013.
Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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| Summary | 30:16.1 | 3.00 | 10:05 |
| 1 | 10:23.3 | 1.00 | 10:23 |
| 2 | 10:07.4 | 1.00 | 10:08 |
| 3 | 9:45.3 | 1.00 | 9:46 |
Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 34:03.9 | 3.00 | 11:21 |
| 1 | 12:09.6 | 1.00 | 12:09 |
| 2 | 11:05.2 | 1.00 | 11:05 |
| 3 | 10:49.1 | 1.00 | 10:49 |
7 miles! I had some stomach issues after last weeks run, on the way home, cramping. I was worried about that today but I took extra care to hydrate well yesterday and this morning. I used my new hand held water bottle filled with Nunn sports water, and since it had been 4 hours since breakfast I ate five of these yummy Honey Stinger energy chews. I sipped the water all during the run.
Man, do I sweat! Look at that hat!
My stomach started cramping around mile five. I was so disappointed, I almost turned around to go back to the car, but I didn't. It got better. I was able to finish. I did a couple of short walk breaks when the stomach thing started, but over all I am thrilled with #1, actually doing 7 miles, and #2, doing my long run at an improved pace for me.
I have a buddy at work who I encouraged to do the C25K program. She was pretty fit to start with because she did a lot of bicycling with her husband. She just finished her first 5k...and WON her age group (she is age 62) with a time of 29:xx. Her pace was an average of 9:25 min/mi!! All this time I've been giving her advice..ha! She needs to give me advice. Honestly, I am not competitive but when I see someone accomplish something it gives me hope that maybe I can too. One of my goals for 2014 was to be able to run a 10 minute mile pace. I just seem so slow now.
And I guess, I've been paying too much attention to my heart rate and not enough on how I feel, and have kept my pace slow. Tonight, I only had two miles on my schedule so I decided to just see how long I could hold a ten minute mile pace. No, I didn't hold it for both miles but I did well enough to get an average pace of 10:12 min/mi. I was thrilled! Yes, it was only two miles but still, probably the fastest I've run two was around 11:00.
I can get faster......
I got to travel to Louisville to attend a baby shower for my daughter in law and baby Emma this weekend. While I was there I was able to get in a three mile run. It was exciting and a little scary to run someplace new by myself.
Ready to run!
Started and ended at the campus. I was pretty slow, but I had to make some pictures! I really loved running a new route.
Today was a bit frustrating. Wanted to run at my favorite place but didn't get there until the rain had started coming down pretty hard....and my garmin wouldn't find the satellite. I ended up using the treadmill. 6.5 miles is a long time on a treadmill.
I used the garmin for my heart rate but I've not been able to upload it tonight. I don't know what is going on with it. I think the rate stayed in the 140s most of the time, when I was doing a 12 min/mi pace. I kicked it up a bit to 11 min/mi pace for mile six and then a 10 minute pace for the last half mile. Thought I'd burned a ton of calories so I decided to get an Arby's roast beef and Swiss on the way home. I was hungry!!
I did it. Yep, signed up for a half marathon. I am going to run the Knoxville Covenant Half Marathon on March 30, 2014....and honestly, I am very excited, and a bit scared, about it. My friend from work signed up too. We are going to use the Hal Higdon half marathon novice 1 training plan. You can find it here.
If you don't have goals to reach for, you won't do great things!
