So I started off this morning at 6:00 a.m. and decided to try running without stretching. I just started off nice and slow, or what I thought was nice and slow... and the first mile was 9:56! And I felt great! I knew it wouldn't last long, so I decided to ease up a bit. And the second mile ended at 20:01, for a 10:05 split. I thought I was running slow! I know some of you reading can run a lot faster, but this is good for me. So let me celebrate!
I went 4.6 miles down the bike path South into Kenosha. I took a little break and ate a couple of bites out of an Oreo cookie. I normally would not eat an Oreo while running, because of the insulin response it creates, but I had no energy drinks, bars or gels I could take with, so I thought I would give it a try. It went OK, but I would prefer one of the "engineered" foods. I'm also in the habit of taking a two minute break at the turn-around point, and I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. I suppose if the runs are getting longer, this means that the breaks are also getting further apart. And it's nice to stop and listen to the birds chirp and watch the animals run around.
I turned around and went back North towards Racine. I was really in my groove for most of the last half. I thought about slowing down and taking it easy for the last mile, but this is a long training run, and I was planning on two days off anyway, so on I went - all the way to my back door. My overall time/distance was 9.12 miles in 98 minutes, for a 10:45 mile pace!
Confidence: Up
Run rating: 3 out of 3
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