The Countdown Is On

As you can see from my ticker above, only 26 more days until the big 10 mile race. I can't believer it is going to happen this month. It may sound like a lot of time but really it isn't. I am not a big fan of running in the heat so I have been running more on my treadmill. Yesterday I did a fast run and it was too fast for me. My plan was do run at a 6.5 speed (which is less than 11 min miles) for 1 minute and fast walk at a speed of 4.0. OMG! One minute at 6.5 was very challenging. My legs were moving so fast that I soon became afraid that I was going to trip myself. All I thought about was doing just that and hurting myself before the big race. I decided it was better to slow down than hurt myself. I ended up running a 5.5 speed and 4.0 fast walk. However, I slowed down at some point and my average minute per mile pace 15! Bummer. Not good for me.

So today I was out very early in the morning to do a long run before it became too unbearable outside. I did a 6 mile workout and I maintained 13:30 minute miles which was definitely better than yesterday. It took me 80 minutes to complete the 6 miles. I was very happy when I finished and am already planning out tomorrow's workout. I may try to do 4 miles tomorrow. I don't have a day to lose now with the race coming up soon. Depending how my legs feel tomorrow, I may do some cross training instead. I would eventually like to get down to 12:30 minute miles and maintain that pace. I honestly don't know how people run 7 minute miles. Geez. In any case, I am glad just to be up and running.