Long Run Saturday, 1/2 Marathon Training
So today called for a 95 minute run, which should equate to about 6 miles for me (I did my 10K around 97 minutes, hence my estimation of 6 miles). I ended up at 105 minutes for 6 miles. It wasn't my best time, but I'm not going to make excuses, instead I'm going to break down how my run went:
5:30 -- alarm went off, and went off, and went off some more until my dad asked if my alarm needed to be shut off
6:00 -- got dressed for my run
6:10 -- set my Garmin and was out the door on my happy way
about .25 miles in -- umm, my ipod battery died. Really? I contemplated turning around and switching it for some sort of mp3 device because I have to run with my music. I stopped. And remembered something that the wise old Ben told me last week (and YES I can quote Ben because I've officially met him). "I don't know why I don't run with music, I just stopped one day." And I thought maybe that day will be today for me. Rolled up my headphones against my ipod and ran.
1 mile in -- forgot to put blister band aids on AND duct tape. Definitely will regret that later.
approx. 1.5 miles in -- HILLS. Well, man made bridge crossing, aka hills. (Part of today's training schedule so--WIN!)
approx. 2 miles in -- Forgot to grab a snack bar for the run, oops?
approx. 3 miles in -- My foot is not going to like the wet grass I'm about to run on (they stopped the sidewalk about 10 feet before another sidewalk began...who in the world does that?!)
4 miles in -- OMG THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE RUNNING ON THE TRAIL. Oh wait, they are just two ladies taking a nice stroll to the grocery store. *sigh*
5 miles in -- BIKERS BIKERS BIKERS! Got to say hi to 6 different sets of bikers on the trail, one even stopped to see if I need some sort of energy bar, which I declined.
approx. 5.5 miles -- My house is up ahead! Oh wait, I still have another 1/2 mile to run. Boo.
6 miles done -- 7:55 A.M. strolled into the house "Want to go out to the flea market?" Sure, just give me 30 minutes to eat and shower.
My. Feet. Hurt. Blisters. Bad. Need. Nap. Badly.
^~^The most random and unplanned post ever--I even considered pulling a Pa and writing out my post while heading out shopping with my parents but was just too tired to write. And here I lay half a day later, the only accomplishment I have besides a 6 mile run, 75% protein intake for the day accomplished, calorie count under enough for massive pizza eating, is the fact that I still have 2 different homework assignments to get done tonight before meeting up with my group tomorrow for more homework. Umm, isn't this supposed to be a holiday weekend?
Alright, next post I promise I'll detail my run without music because it definitely is post-worthy.
