How is it week 10 already?? Crazy. I had my longest run in awhile this week. 11 miles. And another busy weekend, so I did a little bit of switching up. Instead of doing my long run at the end of week (on the weekend), I did it in the middle of the week. I’ve so been looking forward to this weekend. I really need the time off from work, but it’s also my 5 year wedding anniversary today and the closing weekend for my show. So a very emotional weekend here and I didn’t need to add in 11 miles of running too!
Tuesday night was when I had time so that’s when it happened. It actually worked out well because I did it in the evening and the weather was good and I was feeling really good. It’s a great feeling because I know I’ll be in good shape for my next half marathon. Because… the next time I do a long run will be 13.1 miles in Disneyland Paris!
Sunday I did one of my shorter runs outside in the evening. We’d had a matinee performance that day so I was a little tired, but I still got it done. At least waiting until after the sun goes down makes everything a lot cooler.
I did my 11 mile run on Tuesday. It started off pretty rough to be honest and after the first 2 miles I stopped home real quick to take a decongestant and some pain killers. That made a world of difference and the rest of the run felt great. I’m super happy that I was able to keep at about a 12 min/mile pace. It’s not the fastest I’ve done a half marathon but I’ll be very satisfied to stay around there for runs in the 10-13 mile range. I know for the full marathon I’ll have to slow that pace down a bit but still, I’m very happy.
I did my last shorter run for the week on Friday afternoon. I was planning to go to the gym as it’s usually way too hot outside lately, but it actually wasn’t bad. I checked my weather app which said it was great running weather outside so I ran outside! It did feel really nice and I actually got a little too excited about the weather because I started off way too fast. But it was still a pleasant run.
And now that I’ve got my runs done I can relax and enjoy the Labor Day weekend!
How are you spending the 3 day weekend (if you have one)?
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