Nothing extraordinary about last night's training run. Currently I am with Team in Training for the Walt Disney Wine and Dine 1/2 Marathon and our solo weekday runs are 42 minutes, 42 minutes and 30 minutes. This week I ran 42 min on Monday, 30 min on Tuesday and 42 minutes last night. It was raining Floria style, so I went to our neighborhood's clubhouse and pounded out the miles on the DREADMILL! LOL! At least I could watch Tom Cruise while I ran. Don't judge - it was pre-flipping-out-on-Oprah's-couch Tom Cruise...YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH Tom. Ahhhh, he looked good. I continued with my 1:45/:45 interval run-walk-runs and it seems to be a good fit for me at this stage.
Wait - where was I? Oh yes, this is the first week since joining T.I.T. that I have done every training scheduled. Usually I would let life get in the way of my running. Last week my husband and I sat down and decided that if I was REALLY going to do this race and raise $2,100 (*gulp!*) for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, I needed to just do it. (Sorry, Nike. Stealing your line.) So, this week I let my running get in the way of my life. I. DID. IT. I am proud of myself, and that is a new emotion for me. It feels pretty darned good.
I am still such a slow runner. I'm averaging a 14 minute mile pace. YUCK. However, I've decided to *try* not to focus on that and be consistent with my training for 4 weeks. In four weeks I'll be stronger, and with strength will hopefully come speed. I'll start thinking about adding some speed training into the mix in August. Any advice from veteran runners out there is appreciated. :)
Until next time,
Happy Running,
Beth
42:00
3.1 miles
13:54 minutes per mile
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