Let the fun begin. My new motto is going to be: Just One More Mile.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Saturday, November 12th

Weather - 31 degrees and sunny.  Perfect weather in my opinion.

Clothing - Black running compression shorts, short sleeve tech shirt (purple shirt), red windbreaker, running gloves, earwarmer headband and Camelbak.

Nutrition -   Ate a banana before the run. During the run:  1 gu at the 3.5 mile mark and approx. 25 oz powerade/water mix.

Route -  Started at the intersection of Oak Green and Burke Centre Parkway, went down Ox to Main Street and turned around.

Distance Completed:  7 miles

Time:  Started at 7:45am, took 1 hour, 29 minutes

LAST WEEKEND TRAINING RUN EVER!   Yay!  Mentally, this is where I am at:  I am so over the running part.  I know I'll be able to finish the marathon in the allotted time given and all I want at this point is for it to be over.  I am no longer concerned about the speed or pace.  Just getting through it. 

Anything I'd do different?  No, I liked have the windbreaker and being able to take it off after the first mile when I got warmed up.  The gloves I took off too at the first mile and then put them back on around mile 4 for the remainder of the run.  Wearing the shorts and having the short sleeve shirt was the way to go. 

Mid-week runs - I ran 5 miles on Tuesday and walked 1.5 miles on Thursday at the gym.  I didn't have enough time to do the whole 4 miles and the next thing you know, I lost any motivation to run any of it at all.  Oh my!  My 5 mile run on Tuesday was one of the best running times ever for me.

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