Good evening everyone,
Well another day, another recovery run and yet another glimmer of hope for catching that illusive pig. This morning my goal was to continue ramping up my running by doubling my distance from yesterday. The plan was to run 4 miles at an "easy" pace.
It was cold again this morning when I got to the YMCA at 5:30am. It was 38 degrees, but not raining. I hit the track and started on my run. Like yesterday I settled into a comfortable pace, trying make sure that it was slower than before. I had my music on and just ran with the beats (trying to pace with a variety of music is difficult to say the least. When I finished my run, I walked another mile talking with a friend that I see on the track from time to time.
When I looked at my times and averaged out my pace over the 4 miles, I was excited to see that my pace average out to 5 seconds per mile faster than my target MP. It was equally exciting since the run was supposed to 45-90 seconds/mile slower than my MP.
Again, after running I was not sore at all and felt good, not winded at all.
With each run, I feel stronger and more confident that I will catch hat illusive pig and earn my first 26.2 medal.
I will blog at you all again tomorrow after my run. i am hoping to get 6-7 miles in and try to run it at my tempo pace (30 seconds under my MP) but I am not going to push it. i am still on the road to recovery and would rather run slow and steady than not at all.
In Him,
Philippians 4:13
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