I read other runners' blogs and am really impressed when their goals are sub-8, sub-7, or even sub-6 minute miles. The Boston Marathon winner averaged 4.69 minute miles (are you kidding me????) I am not a fast runner, nor is it really my goal to be one. I run because I enjoy it, it's relaxing for me, and I can work out my stress. So, I never really talk about time...except now. When I was training for my last marathon, I was averaging about 12 min miles. Yep...a whopping 5 miles/hour. That (and a knee blow-out about mile 15) resulted in a 5:40 marathon time. Good thing my goal was just to finish before they closed the course. Well, lately, according to my mapmyrun IPhone app anyway, I'm averaging a little over 10:30 minute miles. Even on my long runs, which I purposefully run slow, I'm a little under 11:00/mile. Could I possibly have a 4 in front of my finishing time this go-around? I would be very pleased with that! Of course, we'll see what happens when I get into the 15+ mile runs.
My long run on Saturday (8.89 miles - 10:52 min/mi) went very well...especially considering I had to be at a church music practice at 8:30 a.m., so I was up at the normal weekday time to run beforehand...ugh!
Goal this week:
Mon - 4 mi (done!)
Tues - 6 mi
Wed - 4 mi
Fri - 4 mi
Sat - 10 mi
Hope everyone had a great Easter. He is risen.....He is risen, indeed!!!
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