10 Miles at Quiet Waters

Today’s run was the longest run either of us had done in a long time, but we were determined to run the whole time, and we did! We did our run at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, Maryland. It was almost perfect weather for running this morning. The temperature was 63 degrees and the humidity was around 55%. The cool morning weather felt amazing after running in the hot, humid, afternoon sun.

We started our run around 7:45 am, just a little later than we wanted to, but it is hard to get up that early on a Saturday morning sometimes. More so for Rob, than myself, since he is the one who works and gets up early all week. Once we are up and get outside, in the nice cool weather, we are fine and ready to get our long Saturday run in!

We finished our 10 mile run in 2:01:50, which is a 12:11 pace. This was a pretty good run for us, considering we ran our first mile in 13:30! We ran the first 5 miles in 1:03:50 and the second 5 miles in 58:00, so we definitely picked up our pace for the second half of our run. We both felt pretty good at the end of the run, a little tired, but good nonetheless.

I really enjoy the longer runs. I am not sure why, but I think it is because once I start running I just feel so good that I don’t want to stop. I don’t really think about the fact that I am running, I just do it. Rob, on the other hand, said he likes the shorter runs better because he can keep a better pace. Either way, I think our pace for 10 miles was pretty good for us, since our major goal for the marathon is just to finish it! :)

It is hard to think that we will be running our 10 mile route just a little over 2-1/2 times in a couple of months! On Monday we start our 4th week of training! I can’t believe we have already completed 3 whole weeks of our training. It seems like we just started. On Monday our miles increase again, so instead of running 3 miles on Monday, we will run 4 miles. Let the fun begin!


Today's run summary:

Miles---10
Time---2:01:50
Cool Down---13:50
Total Time---2:14:00
Total Calories---1724

Total Miles Run---57

Next run: Monday, August 2---4 miles!

Thanks for following our journey!