56 More Days Until Nashville

Last night was an easy run of 4 miles at a 10:20 pace. Felt great during the whole run and looking forward to increasing the pace. On Saturday I will run with Jonathan for a 9 mile run at Riverfront Park. This is a beautiful place to run and we are going to have a great time.

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57 Days Until Nashville

I am very encouraged with my running. Last night was a scheduled 5 mile run at 10:30 pace. I completed my first mile right on schedule and then with each subsequent mile I increased the pace slightly. I finished all 5 miles feeling very strong and with an average pace of 10:05.

Tonight I'm looking at 4 miles t the same pace and then Wednesday I'll do some cross training.

58 Days Until Nashville

On Friday night I went to the gym and did one hour of power walking. Friday was supposed to be either an off day or cross training so I chose something that would be in between. On Saturday I woke up very unmotivated. In fact I thought about postponing my long run until Sunday afternoon. But after a cup of coffee I figured I better get to the gym or I might miss out entirely on my long run. The long run is essential for building endurance. Gratefully I completed 9 miles at a 10:20 pace. Fantastic run.

61 Days Until Nashville

I am very encouraged. Although I haven't regained my original speed I was able to stay on track last night with a 4 mile run at an average 10:20 pace. Today is a rest day but what I will do is put in an hour of power walking. Tomorrow is a long run - I think 10 miles. I'm looking forward to that.

62 More Days

Yesterday I had a good, challenging run. The schedule called for a tempo run of 3 miles at 8:30 with a warm up mile on the front end and at the back end. I don't think I could run even one 8:30 mile so instead I ran the 5 miles at an average 11 minute pace. I'm dissappointed that I can't seem to run faster but I'll keep at it.

64 More Days

Well . . . after a two week, absolute throw down with some kidney stones I am finally able to run again. My first run was yesterday where I was able to complete 4 miles at a moderate pace (12 minutes each). I know, for some of you that is practically a crawl. Tonight, I stepped it up a notch and completed 4 miles at an 11 minute pace. I think by the end of the week, and especially this weekend when I do a long run, I'll be back to where I should be.