It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon was the phrase I kept hearing during our 5 mile run today! While I know this, I am still having a hard time slowing myself down, so it is definitely a good thing that Rob and I are running this together. As the runs get longer and longer and longer, I have to remember this, so I don’t burn myself out. I have to remember that I am going to be running for 26.2 miles! I guess that part hasn’t really sunk in yet, but I am sure it will start to once we start running double digit miles. Those double digit miles start one week from this Saturday!
Our run today was another HOT one! While it wasn’t as hot as yesterday, it was still a hot run with that sun beating down on you for most of the run. We went out for our run tonight around 5:15 pm. The temperature for our run today was about 88 degrees with 51% humidity.
Our 5 mile run today was pretty good. Rob is really helping me with keeping a pace, instead of running for a time, which is something that is going to help me when we get to the longer runs, and marathon day!
We finished our 5 mile run in 60:11, which is a 12:02 minute mile. That is a nice pace for 5 miles and the pace we would like to run the marathon in. If we run a 12 minute mile pace for 26.2 miles, we would finish the marathon in a little over 5 hours! Wow, 5 plus hours of straight running! That is something I never would have considered doing before, and, yet, I am excited to do it!
In our first 7 days of training, including today, we have run a total of 28 miles! It is hard to think that we will be running 1.8 miles less than that all in one day! Only 2 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days until the marathon!
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---60:11
Cool Down---9:89
Total Time---70:00
Total Calories---921
Total Miles Run---28
Next run: Saturday, July 24th---8 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
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