Weekly distance: 36.22 miles
Training distance: 251.42 Miles
Pace: 10:25
Time/Temperature: 10:30 a.m., 44, cloudy and rain
Weight: 145
I have not enjoyed my runs this week. It has felt like work instead of pleasure. But I enjoyed the run today. I thought that map my fitness had lost my run but it restored tonight and I was so pleased to see my splits. This is my second longish run and I am pleased to see in both runs my second split was nicely done. I am very pleased with the last two miles.
During the race I thought about many things to keep my mind occupied. I thought about when to eat my huma's and whether or not I should stop and pee (glad I did). I listened to a lot of praise and worship songs and sang loudly. I thought about relationships that I currently have and prayed about a lot of them. I thought about these two ducks that weren't scared of me being inches away from them at all. Then for over a mile I was running with this guy and while it was so nice to have a pacer to run with, it wasn't a race and it was just the two of us on the trail which made it very uncomfortable. I held off the urge to spring ahead of him because I had longer goals of pacing myself in mind. But I wished that he would sprint ahead or walk for a bit because it felt so odd just the two of us strangers running in sync for so long.
It started raining exactly halfway through my run. It wasn't a down pour but it was steady. I knew immediately that it would include a blister. I always get them when I run in the rain. I kept a nice slow pace the first seven and then changed up my music and settled into "race pace" for the second half. My legs and feet felt very good. I was happy to be done though for sure and I thought throughout that this is the second shortest run I have from here on out. Ugh...
I need to get my new pair of shoes ordered this week so I have time to wear them in. I also need to get a gps watch soon so I can stop carrying this unreliable heavy phone on my arm.
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