Chumpy Friday

Day 28
10 mile long run at 10:42/mile pace


I was so excited for our run yesterday. It was going to be the first time I hit double digits since I ran that half marathon with Christina in January of 2008.

I was probably so excited that I whipped myself into a nervous wreck and that caused me to throw up last night. And then I'm sure that the overexposure to the sun for the last two weeks hasn't helped. And then...you know, the usual excuses. But at 5:30 in the morning it's REALLY hard not to listen to your negative self telling you not to run. And I wasn't entirely sure that I would be able to make it. What if I was 5 miles away and something happened. I got dressed anyway, thinking maybe I could trick my body into cooperating, but I still felt nauseous.


So I drove down to Hillary's, and handed her my watch and gave her my best wishes, secretly happy I was going back to bed. But then, I laid in bed for 30 minutes, mad at myself for not just sucking it up and doing the run despite how I was feeling. Mostly, I felt bad that we (read: Christina and Hillary because obviously I was back in bed) were running at 5:30 in the morning on my account. Boo.


But, Hillary dropped off the watch, and after doing some fandangling, I was able to figure out how fast you ran and how far.


11.05 miles in 2 hours, averaging 10:52/mile. That's not too shabby considering you went an extra mile. Good job!


Here's the breakdown:


Mile 1: 11:23
Mile 2: 11:01
Mile 3: 11:32
Mile 4: 11:00
Mile 5: 10:41
Mile 6: 10:06
Mile 7: 10:37
Mile 8: 10:48
Mile 9: 11:28
Mile 10: 10:26
Mile 11: 10:48


In every mile, except for three, you hit a pace of under 9 minutes. You also burned 2018 calories.

I'm planning on taking it easy today and being in top form for tomorrow's mock triathlon. I'll email you the details later. I'm thinking a bike ride to Lake Point and then the 5k course of the actual triathlon. I just need to think through the logistics of where to store the bikes and what not.