It's ten weeks into the running group training program, and things are definitely getting more intense. Granted, last year I was following the half marathon program and not the full marathon program, but even my running group friends admit this year is just MORE.
Today is one of those days where I am questioning the wisdom of signing up to do a full marathon. My feet hurt. My knees hurt. I am just exhausted. And tonight was only 60 minutes.
Will I be ready to do a 20 mile training run?
Will I be ready to actually do this thing?
Today's Run
As I said above, today's run was a total of 60 minutes - 25 minutes brisk, 10 minutes jogging, and finishing with 25 minutes brisk. Even with slightly slick footing, and it getting pretty dark in the end, I ended up running a total of 6.54 miles, for an average pace of 9:10. The brisk pace on the way out averaged about a 9:00 pace, and the brisk back averaged closer to 8:45. So yay me! But I still feel like I've lost my mind...
YOU CAN DO IT!
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