Today I did my last long run until Secret City! I ran 10-miles today and it went pretty well, I am *Pleased* to report. It was/is a *BeaUtiful* day. I waited 'til mid-morning to go run. My brother's munchkins are in town so I waited 'til they went down for a nap..... for two reasons; 1) to procrastinate and 2) to let it warm up a little bit.
The run went really well for the most part. I was not concerned about how fast I was running whatsoever. I didn't look at my watch for the entire run past 2.5 miles. I tried to run better than a "i-might-as-well-be-walking" pace and I think I did for most of it. With three miles to go I felt like I was at that "i-might-as-well-be-walking" pace. It took me one hour and forty-eight minutes to finish the run. Which is really slow, but who cares. I didn't have to walk at all unlike last week.
My knees hurt quite a bit at the end but I pressed on and took some ibuprofen after my run. All was well with just two weeks to go.
I had plenty of time to just think during my run. And so I did. I thought about everything from Christmas presents to cows. I'm looking forward to Christmas and already picking out some presents. I thought about my cows and how much I do love them. My friend Rachael, who runs her family's dairy, inspires me every day to be the cow loving girl I was born to be. There's nothing better than good farmgirls.
I'm excited for the next two weeks. Super excited to see my Secret City girls!!!
I can't concentrate much on this blog as I am being given vocal and dance performances by my niece and nephew. It's incredibly precious. Hate you're missing it!
Glad you had a good run! I did my ten today and did a lot of thinking too. Can't say I thought about cows but I did wonder which dogs would chase me (the little black one ended up doing the honors) and Christmas presents among other things. Actually met up with a fella also running and did three very fast (for me- 8:54 pace) miles with him. I was dying by the time he turned around and suffered through the last couple of miles on my own! We're on the countdown sister!!
ReplyDeleteI totally think I pulled/strained my right quad! I have no idea how. Perhaps playing soccer with my nephew after the run?? My right quad has been Crazy sore today. Not sure what's up. :( So impressed you ran 3 8:54 miles! I could never do it, and then keep running!
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