Monday, November 14, 2011

Day 67 (11/13): 7 miles / 59:44

I can't even believe I ran 7 miles in less than an hour!  I guess it's time to revamp my thinking when it comes to the times I should be expecting to run...

Whenever I'm gearing up for a long run, I estimate my time based on a 10:00 mile.  I don't know why that is... I haven't run a 10:00 mile in some time now.  I guess I just have a hard time believing that my times have improved so much over these last few months.

Don't get me wrong... I worked very hard at these 7 miles.  When I left the house, I told myself I would take about an hour and 10 minutes to finish (10 minutes a mile).  I started out at a comfortable pace and was surprised to see close to 9:00 at the first mile marker.  If I continued at that rate, it meant closer to an hour and 3 minutes.  I was right on pace through most of the next 4 miles.  When I checked my watch at the 5 mile mark, I was surprised to see that, if I put in a little extra effort, I could actually finish in under an hour.  It took everything I had in me, but I managed to pull it off... and end up with an average per mile pace of 8:32.  I'm not gonna lie - I'm pretty damn impressed with myself.

Now for the big test... how sore am I going to be tomorrow and will my body recover any faster than it did last weekend?  I guess we'll just have to wait and see....

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