The human body is an amasing thing... I honestly can not believe I just ran 10 miles... seriously...
can
not
believe
it.
But I did. And I'm still alive... no blisters that I've found yet... bit sore, VERY hungry... but overall, feeling really good. My lungs were fine... no coughing during or now after the run... hopefully that means I've kicked it for good. I was supposed to run this morning with the beautiful and fabulous Alissa... but she came down with the funk (probably from me) last night and there was no way in HELL she should have been running today, so it was a solo run for me. I was a little freaked about that... I tend to either push WAY TOO HARD or not push enough when I run alone, so I had resigned myself to another 11:30+ average pace run. I am happy to say that did not happen. It was cool and breezy, I wore tights, long sleeves and a knit hat and only had to unzip my collar once to cool off. There were a few sprinkles here and there, but overall, it was a PERFECT morning for a run.
So here's the details:
10 Miles in 1:46:03 - avg pace 10:36/mile - 1289 calories burned
Mile 1 - 9:34 - good start, warming up.
Mile 2 - 10:57 - oh great, if my legs already feel like lead how the hell am I gonna make it 8 more miles?
Mile 3 - 10:38 - loosening up now... had an interesting thought... on most days I'd be finishing or almost finished by now, but today I've only just started... whoah.
Mile 4 - 10:40 - enjoying this fuel-belt thing... filled two flasks with water and two with gatorade... next time I'm gonna water down the gatorade, its just TOO sweet.
Mile 5 - 10:32 - new territory now, haven't run this direction before, lots of traffic, kids on the sidewalk that just sort of stare as I go by.
Mile 6 - 10:42 - kinda got lost, took a wrong turn, but figured out how to get where I wanted to go so all is well... wow, I only have 4 miles left!!! That's cool!
Mile 7 - 10:36 - This is where my foot hurt last time (8 miler) but this time it's fine, knees are starting to whine, but not bad... hooray for orthotics!
Mile 8 - 11:08 - CRAP!!! This is the LONG hill up the pedestrian overpass over the highway... I walked for about 30-45 seconds and then convinced myself that the point of this whole thing was to RUN the 10 miles, not walk them, so I started running again and ran to the top.
Mile 9 - 10:36 - I really can't believe how good I feel! Want to finish strong... lets go.
Mile 10 - 10:36 - OW OW OW!!! When the mile-alarm went off I pretty much stopped dead in my tracks... the hardest part of this run was litterally the last two tenths of a mile. My brain did NOT want to keep going, but it did, and I did and now I'm done!
And Rachel... I don't think I got you're whole comment earlier, I read it with my fingers in my ears, so I might have missed somthing... ;)
Posted by Lexy at October 9, 2004 12:30 PMWow, I'm impressed. Way to go on your run. Bodies are so amazing!
Posted by: Nicole at October 10, 2004 08:21 PMCool! And you seem to be very good at locking on to your target pace, which can be so hard to do. Looks like you surprised yourself as well. And you know what? Not so far from now, you'll be able to turn out 10-milers without them being a really big deal. That's even weirder.
Posted by: Richard at October 12, 2004 05:47 AM... and I hope you remember that, young lady, next time you're tempted to take any advice of mine, lol :)
that's awesome running, girl. well done you!!