Today was a long run day (schedule was for 10) - and it was fabulous, the best one yet!
Everything went well (except me forgetting the key to my van which was parked at the end of the run, luckily I remembered right when we were getting ready to start so Leslie and I went back to get it. Just made us start late and got Jenny home late) and I felt GREAT! This was the first run where I really felt strong and I came in strong at the end. I felt like I could have gone longer and Erica and I actually added some mileage at the end.
Stats from today: 11.18 miles / 2:11:34 time / 11.89 avg pace
I ran almost the whole way with Erica and we felt like we kind of taking it easy and kept it at a pace where we could still talk. And then to get the report that we were under 12:00 for almost every mile was so awesome. It's great to see improvement every week. And I love our group - we all have similar paces but each week we kind of pair up differently and it's so fun. Since Jenny and Leslie were ahead of us and Jenny had to get back they got in the van and picked us up when we were at 9.71 miles so I convinced Erica to finish once we dropped off Leslie at Smiths. So we ran a mile from Smiths and then walked more to get home and ended up with our total mileage of 12. It was so motivating to do so well today. | 