Friday, October 14, 2011

Day 50 (10/13): 3 miles / 25:27

Today I was most definitely shooting for a fast time.  After yesterday's run, I wanted to see if it was possible to go even faster.  It's not that an 8:29 mile is anything super impressive, but I'm still amazed at how quickly progress can be made.  I'm feeling great, which is exciting to begin with... you never know what your body can handle until you push yourself.  In the beginning, I was definitely afraid I would risk injury trying to do too much too fast.  I'm thrilled that my body is handling everything I've done so far.  Hopefully that trend continues as I start adding on the miles.

I did, however, come to the conclusion that I'm not going to run in this weekend's 10k race.  As much as I'd love to do it and definitely think I can handle it physically, I decided that, after this week of missing my husband, I don't want to spend any more time away from home than I have to.  Of course, I'll still have to run 6 miles this weekend, but doing so at home and when I choose, I can still get the quality family time that I think I really need.  I'm sure there will be another 10k in the spring that I can fit into my marathon training.  Until then, the 5 mile Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving will have to do.

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