8:00am run. I think it was 10 with the windchill. This run would have been awesome if not for the peanut butter prerun (what was I thinking?) and the wind while running north and east.
Ignoring those two things this was a good run. There were a lot of hills! I ran a new route. Usually I take this route home when I coming from the University and I have always wanted to run it. Not sure why it has taken me so long. I looked at garmin connect and it said elevation gain was 574ft. I'm not sure what that means? I just wanted to see how hilly it was??
Okay and my IT band hurt. Even the butt part of the band was nagging me a little. No problem. I stopped and stretched. And pretty much had a schedule of walking every mile for .05 miles. Sometimes I walked more frequently due to the hills. For some reason my breathing was off. No biggie.
So while running east for a stretch it was terrible wind! Did I mention we got 2-4 inches of snow last nigh ttoo? So I"m going through all the wind and snow. I swear I was running in place when I hear a guy yell out "Dedication!" I"m like yeah!!!! So for the next quarter mile i'm singing my little Navy Motivation, Dedication song in my head. It irked me a bit to be short on the ten miler...but come on those hills and wind were tough! Here are my splits...
1: 10:49
2: 10:57
3: 11:24
4: 12:39
5: 11:41
6: 12:01
7: 11:52
8: 11:57
9: 11:51
.88: 11:26
My easy pace is an 11 minute mile. Not too shabby.
I came home and ate my fav yum treat..Eggs with salsa, peanut buttter on toast with fresh strawberries and some carrots. YUM!
Oh and I started reading Marathon Woman --I"m only about 15 in but it is pretty good so far! | 