Marathon. I ran this morning after having run a slow (13:00+) 5 miles on the treadmill on Saturday, followed by a fast 5k at Run from the Sun (uner 11:00, which is fast for me). I missed crosstraining yesterday, but realize that it would have helped my legs feel fresher today. I can't believe that when I ran this morning, my mile paces were way faster than they had been. I felt like I was going about the same pace, and my dog Sandy was still ready to go faster. But my watch is set to tell me the pace of each mile, and they were almost a minute faster than my usual. I was amazed (at first I really did think something was wrong with the watch). And then I looked back down at my watch to realize that I'd gone 4 miles without evening thinking about it. I was so excited. I'm going to work on a little speed on the Tuesday run, since it's shorter. I'm thinking that I'll run like I play golf, from shade patch to shade patch.
It's as if the work we've been doing is finally, and suddenly, starting to pay off. I have been slacking, but not that badly. But to improve my pace that much in the space of a weekend is really amazing to me. I didn't know I had it in me!! WooHoo!!!!
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