10 Miles... Done!

Workout: 10 miles

All in all a pretty good run. I had to work today so I wanted to get my run in before work. So when my alarm went off at 4:30 I thought there was no-way I was actually going to make it out the door. I’d pretty much decided to stay in bed and run Sunday after work when for some reason I thought I would at least see what the weather was like. I stepped outside and it was perfect. 60, no clouds, a light breeze. Really I had no excuse at that point, so I laced up my shoes.

My normal 10 mile rout takes me into the country a bit and since it was still dark I was a little nervous about running on country roads in the dark so I decided to do two laps on my in-town 5 mile course. I normally hate doing laps, but this was only two, and I didn’t have to carry water or gu because I would be running past my house at mile 5. That worked out well as I also had significant bathroom needs.

I was actually surprised and how I felt at the end. Last week mile 8 and 9 were pretty tough but this week I felt good, not great but good. I am still having the left foot pain going on. I feel like it’s planter but I don’t have the classic symptoms yet. I may need to have it looked at. So far it just flares up a bit. It’s uncomfortable for a few minutes and then it will go away.

So anyway I feel pretty good about my training. My lungs seem good and my legs are getting stronger. Plus I feel like I could kick out a Half tomorrow if I needed to. I haven’t felt like that in a while.

10.02 miles/1:32:17/9:13avg