Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Day 48 (10/11): 3 miles / 27:18

Today felt amazing... which I imagine had something to do with my run being so much shorter, and thus so much easier, compared to the 5 miles I ran on Sunday.  And my time wasn't too bad considering the fact that I always run slower on the treadmill.  A 9:06 pace is faster than I would have expected for myself today.

But, as good as I felt running, I spent almost the entire time thinking about my current dilemma.  I'm struggling with how hard to push myself this week.  This weekend I'm scheduled to run 6 miles, which I'm actually looking forward to.  The problem is that I'm not sure whether to just run those 6 miles around the neighborhood or sign up for a 10k (6.2 miles) race downtown.  Since it will be my first time venturing past the 5 mile mark, I'm thinking I should just take it easy... run with the intention of simply finishing all 6 miles.  The problem is that I had really wanted to run a 5k (check) and 10k this year and then a half marathon and marathon next year.  I've checked every place I could think of and can't find another 10k scheduled for this year, unless I want to travel more than 2 hours away to get there, which isn't really an option at this point.  So, I'm stuck between possibly overdoing it just so I can say that I ran a 10k or missing the opportunity to run one this year completely.  And while I technically have until Saturday to make a final decision, I'd really like to make up my mind before then... because I'm pretty sure I'm going to start to annoy my husband if I keep boring him with this particular topic.

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