I've made it to week 8. I also completed another milestone this morning. I topped the 100 total mile mark since starting back in July!
Today's run was 28 minutes. It wasn't much different from 25 minutes. My problem right now is learning to pace myself so that I'm (a) not pushing myself too hard and (b) not pushing myself hard enough. This morning was a (b) morning. I wanted to make sure I made it through the 28 minutes, so I started out pretty slow. As I have no better way to measure my speed, I'm using strides per minute to try to regulate my pace. I started out at 150 and worked my way up to 156 and pretty much tried to keep it in that range for the entire run. I got close to the end and realized I felt like I could keep going for quite awhile, even after pushing pretty hard up the hill at the park entrance. On top of that, I only finished my 28 minute run a few hundred feet beyond where I finished my 25 minute run on Monday.
I need to work out a plan for the 5K on Saturday that will allow me to run the whole thing at a decent pace.
Today's stats: I ran the same 2.8 mile route today in 33:52 for a remarkably slow 12:06/mile. I could have run it faster, but I don't know my own limitations yet.
Next up: 5k on Saturday. I'm going to count it as Week 8, Day 2 but I'll likely be running longer than the alloted 28 minutes. Swimming will start next week.
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