Tuesday will mark my 10th week of training. I feel I have done a great job of sticking to the schedule but have missed two days due to being sick. I have 2 short runs during the week and a longer run on the weekend. For the last 8 weeks I had been doing interval training which consisted of running and walking. The first several weeks I ran 3 minutes of running/ 1 minute of walking. It eventually changed to 5 minutes of running/ 1 minute of walking and most recently it was 7 minutes of running/ 1 minute of walking. I struggled quite a bit with the 7 run/ 1 walk so I went back to the 5 minute/ 1 minute. Two Saturdays ago I had a shorter run of 4 miles and when I got to my running location I realized I did not have an interval workout set up for 4 miles. I was totally freaking out but decided I would warm up with my typical 3 minute walk and would run until I got tired. I managed to run the entire 4 miles!! I was super stoked and could not believe I had actually done it. I realized that I did much better without the in the interval runs I had on set up on my watch. This past week I ran without intervals and did quite a bit better on my overall run.
I had a 9 mile run yesterday and ran the entire first 4.5 miles and did the best I could on my way back. I did a little running and a little walking. I typically text my mom when I head out and give her a round about time it will take me to finish. Based on the 8 miles I ran a few weeks ago, I told her it would take me about 2 hours and 15 minutes give or take. I accomplished my 9 miles in 1:53:43. This was definitely a personal record for me! Next week I will run my last long run until race day and I will set out on a 10 mile run. I'm hoping it goes as well as yesterday did.
