Last week was 9 miles. I ran 3- 3 mile loops. I took the advice given to me, which was to drink more water, and that helped tremendously! As much as I don't like to run circles over and over, I'd much rather do that and be able to stop at my house to grab a drink of water. I just stick a water bottle out in my driveway. Pretty easy.
And let me tell you... running loops around my own neighborhood was the best idea I had, considering what happened today. Today I ran 1- 4 mile loop and 2- 3 mile loops. I wish I could say that 10 miles went as smoothly as 9 miles did. I won't go into detail, but I ended up needing to make a pit stop. I was still about a mile away from my house. Needless to say, mile 7 ended up being my fastest mile :P
After that, I still had 3 miles to go. Those 3 miles were rough, and the slowest, but I still completed them. And no side pain!
My feet, after running today <---------
They feel pretty good right now!
Backing up, Sunday I participated in a 10K run. My training schedule suggested running a 5K, 10K or both during training. I signed up sort of last minute for a zoo run and I loved it! Maybe my favorite race so far. Very well organized, sweet t-shirt, nice race course, good after race refreshments (including one free beer per runner!), plus it was at a zoo so you could take time after to look at
animals.
Its probably the best I felt during a race too. I beat my previous 10K time by almost 2 whole minutes
and I still had enough juice left to sprint to the finish line.
I only have 2 more long training runs to complete before my half marathon... Only a month away now!
Wow! Good for you! I don't even know how you do it
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