Short & A Little Sweet

Really the only sweet thing about tonight's run is the pace, still in the 10's.

1.79 miles
18:40 (10:25/mile)

Was planning on doing 3 miles, but a tummyache I've had since lunch today made me want to quit. I didn't really have to quit, I wanted to. It was mind over matter. And the mind beat the matter today. But I'm not 100%, the stomach virus has been making the rounds so I fear I'm getting it. Hope not. But YAY, keeping the run in the 10's despite the brevity of it tonight.

In the 10's, YES! And my *real* running dream

Awesome Halloween night! 58 degrees, decent humidity for Jersey, and I feel so good now that I've done this run I had been dreading. After running 5 miles this weekend, I wondered if that was a fluke, if I could really run, etc., etc. You know, those doubts that creep up on you after kicking butt in some fashion when your confidence should be really high...

BUT...I had a regular run tonight, pushed the pace a little but never to the point of desperation. And woo hoo, I ran a couple miles in the 10 min range, woo hoo. Did I say woo hoo yet? Woo hoo!

2.63 miles
28:09 (10:42/mile)

So running a HM seems nuts and beyond my reach to most folks, but here's the real reason I want to do it. I fell in major "like" with Disney World this past summer when we took the kiddos there. As a slow newbie runner, I could never justify the expense of entering an expensive "destination" event like that (airfare, staying at Disney, etc.) unless I knew I could complete the task. Nor could I justify the day or two off from work--schools don't look too kindly on teachers that ask for days off right after a 10 day Christmas break, ya know? So I want to run the local Jersey HM this Spring, be sure I can do it, then aim for Disney in January 2008.


So that is my dream. My past two runs make me believe I could do it. Definitely not easy, undoubtedly crazy for this thirty-something wife, mom, teacher and recovering couch potato. But by golly, I want to take my kids on the Buzz Lightyear ride in January '08 and "earn" our time there, so this seems like a cool way to do it:-)

Fluke! Sub-Ten Minute Mile (Yes, you are at the right blog)

Dh was home recovering from being sick, so I took advantage of daylight and left the kids with him for a half hour to go to the HS track to do a Galloway-recommended 1 mile time trial.

It was 47 degrees, with a blustering, knock-me-out-of-the-lane gusty wind on one side of the track. Very tough wind on half the run!

Jogged a 1/2 mile warmup, walked 1/2-way around the track then took off for a one mile run. I pushed it and pushed it. Walked for 15 seconds at the completion of each lap. And the time? 9:43. ME! That was not a sustainable pace, and I was pretty spent at the end of it. But maybe it is a glimpse of what I will some day be able to do...(you running veterans must be laughing at my striving for a sub-10 min mile, lol, but each of us is his own opponent, ya know?)

Was going to slow jog a 1/2 mile cool down, but it got dark and I realized the football team had gone in, leaving me alone on the dark track. I was outta there.

Good run, imho!

Broke 11!

I was pushing the pace the whole run, so it was a tough one. I still decided to use intervals of run 4/ walk 1...then 3/1, a few 2/1's...and then, mercifully, it was done!

2.09 miles
22:09 (10:35/mile)

I only had enough juice in me for 2 miles, but I can't believe I broke the 11:00 barrier! I guess I can speed things up just a little if I run/walk. I am mindful that speed kills newbies (that's what the folks @ CoolRunning say often!), and I am in no danger of excessive speed. I think this weekend's run will be longer and slower.

But despite 81% humidity, and only two miles, I have a slightly quicker pace in me. Woo hoo!