Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day 110 (3/16): 10 miles / 1:27:46

What a great day to run outdoors!  With the temp in the 60s and the sun shining, I was dying to get outside for today's 10 mile run.  Normally Friday is a day off, but I adjusted my schedule to accommodate for St. Patty's Day... a day my husband and I always celebrate (even though I'm not really Irish). 

So, after a small dinner and a little stretching, I headed out hoping to get in the entire 10 miles before the sun went down.

Because I'm not a fan of running by myself in the dark and, with the time change last weekend, I wasn't certain what time I'd be losing sunlight, I opted to run several loops through the neighborhood to assure that I'd be close to home in case I ran out of daylight before finishing.  I must have been really determined to stay away from the treadmill today because I barely made it home before the sun went down.  The best part, though, is that I didn't feel like I ran all that fast.  Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't call today's pace 'slow'... my point is simply that I didn't feel like I was pushing myself harder than necessary... today's pace felt comfortable and, even though I'm glad I didn't have any further to go, I did feel like I could have gone further if necessary. 

All in all, I'd say I've come a long way in the last several months of training :)

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