Today’s run, as long as we finished it, was going to be a new PR itself, since we would have run our farthest distance yet…17 miles! Well, of course, we did it! It surprisingly went really well. The last mile was a little tough, but still finished it in a respectable 10:37:90, after already running 16 miles.
We did today’s 17 mile run at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, which I believe is a tougher trail than the WB&A Trail we ran last week’s 16 miler on. Quiet Waters has more hills to run and we run them every time around. I think the hills get steeper every time too! ;) Of course, they really don’t, but it sure feels like it, especially the third time around.
This morning it actually felt cold before we started running. It was only in the 50’s when we started with low humidity as well. My hands were actually cold when we started running, but didn’t stay that way long. It warmed up over the 3 hours we were running, but only got to about 74 degrees by the end of the run, so it was still very nice out for running.
We had a few new PR’s throughout today’s run, which definitely made today’s run one of our best runs yet!
Here are our splits for today’s run:
Miles 1-5: 58:28:11
Miles 6-10: 55:38:13
Miles 11-16: 1:03:59
Mile 17: 10:37:90
Total 3:08:43---PR
The entire run was a new PR for us, as 17 miles is the furthest we have ever run at one time. The time we finished the 17 miles in was another PR for us. The first time we ran 16 miles, which was at Quiet Waters, we ran it in 3 hours and 12 minutes. Today we ran 17 miles, on the same trail, in just under 3 hours and 9 minutes! Another whole mile in 3 less minutes!
Another new PR was for miles: 1-16, which we ran in 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 5 seconds. Our previous PR for 16 miles was 3 hours and 1 minute, so we cut off about 3 minutes, and on what I believe is a hard course!
We only have 2 more weeks of long Saturday run, before we start tapering off for the Baltimore Marathon! We are only 33 days away from running our first marathon. Here is where the excitement starts to set in. In just over a month we will be marathon runners!
Today's run summary:
Miles---17
Time---3:08:43
Cool Down---21:17:56
Total Time---3:30:00
Total Calories---2843
Total Miles Run---235
Next run: Monday, September 13---5 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Scary Fast 8 Miles
Scary fast 8 miles! :) A few new PR's during this run! We are amazed at how fast we are getting every time we run. Today’s run was 8 miles. It was a pretty nice afternoon for a run, with some fall like temperatures…finally! We both felt really good starting today’s run and had our best finish yet!
Here are our splits for today’s run:
Mile 1: 11:09:09
Mile 2: 11:01:78
Mile 3: 10:21:72
Mile 4: 10:32:59
Mile 5: 10:41:55
Mile 6: 10:11:25
Mile 7: 9:46:82
Mile 8: 8:46:56-PR 1st sub 9 minute mile! :)
Total: 1:22:31 ---PR ---last time we were at 1:27.
We were happy to have the last 2 miles sub 10 minute miles, but ended up with one sub 10 and one sub 9! Amazing! It is scary how fast we are getting throughout our training!
We finished today’s 8 mile run in 1:22:31, which is a 10:18 pace, and our best 8 mile pace yet. It feels awesome to keep setting new PR’s each week.
Saturday will be another PR for us, as we will be running 17 miles, the furthest either of us has ever run!
Today's run summary:
Miles---8
Time---1:22:31
Cool Down---12:29:13
Total Time---1:35:00
Total Calories---1318
Total Miles Run---218
Next run: Saturday, September 11---17 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Here are our splits for today’s run:
Mile 1: 11:09:09
Mile 2: 11:01:78
Mile 3: 10:21:72
Mile 4: 10:32:59
Mile 5: 10:41:55
Mile 6: 10:11:25
Mile 7: 9:46:82
Mile 8: 8:46:56-PR 1st sub 9 minute mile! :)
Total: 1:22:31 ---PR ---last time we were at 1:27.
We were happy to have the last 2 miles sub 10 minute miles, but ended up with one sub 10 and one sub 9! Amazing! It is scary how fast we are getting throughout our training!
We finished today’s 8 mile run in 1:22:31, which is a 10:18 pace, and our best 8 mile pace yet. It feels awesome to keep setting new PR’s each week.
Saturday will be another PR for us, as we will be running 17 miles, the furthest either of us has ever run!
Today's run summary:
Miles---8
Time---1:22:31
Cool Down---12:29:13
Total Time---1:35:00
Total Calories---1318
Total Miles Run---218
Next run: Saturday, September 11---17 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
5 Miles Instead of 8
We decided to run this morning instead of yesterday afternoon because it was warmer than we thought it was going to be. We got up at 5:40 am and got out to run by 6:20 am, once it got light out, since we don't have reflective running gear yet. We usually don't run when it is close to dark or dark, so didn’t think about buying any.
The run this morning was tough to get going, but after a couple of miles we both felt pretty good. Finished pretty strong, but overall time was a little slower than we normally run 5 miles. Still not a bad run considering we have never run this early in the morning and ran without food or hydrating all day. It was a little more humid than we would have liked, but definitely cooler than it would have been yesterday afternoon.
It was nice to be out running early though and to see the sun come up over the horizon. It was beautiful! We were supposed to run 8 miles this morning, but since we couldn't get out right at 6:00 am, we had to cut it to only 5 miles, so the hubby could get to work on time. We will run our 8 miles tomorrow instead.
Here are our splits for today's run:
Mile 1: 11:39:15
Mile 2: 11:09:15
Mile 3: 11:26:22
Mile 4: 10:40:52
Mile 5: 9:47:14
Not our best run time-wise, but we got the miles in and still finished the last mile in less than 10 minutes! We finished our 5 mile run in 54:42:18, which is a 10:56 pace.
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---54:42:18
Cool Down---15:18:23
Total Time---1:10:00
Total Calories---841
Total Miles Run---210
Next run: Thursday, September 9---8 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
The run this morning was tough to get going, but after a couple of miles we both felt pretty good. Finished pretty strong, but overall time was a little slower than we normally run 5 miles. Still not a bad run considering we have never run this early in the morning and ran without food or hydrating all day. It was a little more humid than we would have liked, but definitely cooler than it would have been yesterday afternoon.
It was nice to be out running early though and to see the sun come up over the horizon. It was beautiful! We were supposed to run 8 miles this morning, but since we couldn't get out right at 6:00 am, we had to cut it to only 5 miles, so the hubby could get to work on time. We will run our 8 miles tomorrow instead.
Here are our splits for today's run:
Mile 1: 11:39:15
Mile 2: 11:09:15
Mile 3: 11:26:22
Mile 4: 10:40:52
Mile 5: 9:47:14
Not our best run time-wise, but we got the miles in and still finished the last mile in less than 10 minutes! We finished our 5 mile run in 54:42:18, which is a 10:56 pace.
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---54:42:18
Cool Down---15:18:23
Total Time---1:10:00
Total Calories---841
Total Miles Run---210
Next run: Thursday, September 9---8 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Monday, September 6, 2010
More PR's and Another 5 Miles
Yet, another new PR set on our run today! We both felt pretty good during this run, after we got warmed up. We actually got to get out and do our run earlier than we normally do on a Monday, so that was nice. We started our run around 3:15 pm or so. The temperature and humidity wasn’t too bad. It was 78 degrees with 61 percent humidity, but the sun was horrible. It was way too hot in the sun, but we made the best of it. I would say it was probably 85 degrees in the sun, but definitely not the hottest weather we have run in this summer. I think we were just getting spoiled with the cooler weather we had been having. We were hoping it was here to stay and fall was on its way.
We probably could have run it faster, if we would have gone out first thing this morning, but we both wanted one day this weekend to sleep in! ;) Despite the fact that it was hot in the sun during our run, we still set a new 1 mile PR the last mile of our run. Crazy! It felt pretty good too, considering the hot sun was on us. We did have a nice breeze most of this last mile!
Here is a breakdown of the splits for today’s run:
Mile 1: 11:20:52
Mile 2: 10:58:57
Mile 3: 11:12:53
Mile 4: 10:33:66
Mile 5: 9:26:16
And we finished the last 2 miles in just over 20 minutes, which is also a new PR for us. Our previous was 21 minutes and we finished these last 2 miles in 20:41!
We finished today’s 5 mile run in 53:31:41, which is a 10:42 minute per mile pace. This is basically what we ran it in on Thursday, just a little bit quicker this time. Overall, good run and some new PR’s to boost!
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---53:31:44
Cool Down---16:30:16
Total Time---1:10:00
Total Calories---959
Total Miles Run---205
Next run: Tuesday, September 7---8 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
We probably could have run it faster, if we would have gone out first thing this morning, but we both wanted one day this weekend to sleep in! ;) Despite the fact that it was hot in the sun during our run, we still set a new 1 mile PR the last mile of our run. Crazy! It felt pretty good too, considering the hot sun was on us. We did have a nice breeze most of this last mile!
Here is a breakdown of the splits for today’s run:
Mile 1: 11:20:52
Mile 2: 10:58:57
Mile 3: 11:12:53
Mile 4: 10:33:66
Mile 5: 9:26:16
And we finished the last 2 miles in just over 20 minutes, which is also a new PR for us. Our previous was 21 minutes and we finished these last 2 miles in 20:41!
We finished today’s 5 mile run in 53:31:41, which is a 10:42 minute per mile pace. This is basically what we ran it in on Thursday, just a little bit quicker this time. Overall, good run and some new PR’s to boost!
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---53:31:44
Cool Down---16:30:16
Total Time---1:10:00
Total Calories---959
Total Miles Run---205
Next run: Tuesday, September 7---8 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
We Keep Setting New PR's
Wow! We are continually setting new PR’s and it is kind of scary at how fast we are getting on our runs, especially our long runs! Today’s run was 16 miles, and after our 8 mile run on Tuesday, I had a good feeling that we could finish this week’s 16 miles in 3 hours. Well, we did it! 3 hours and 52 seconds to be exact!
This morning’s run felt pretty good. I felt really good at the end of the run and wanted to run more, but knew I needed to stop! :) The temperature was around 72 degrees at about 8:00 am when we started our run. Once again, forgot to check the humidity, but didn’t feel too bad. The sun was out full force by the middle to end of the run and made the last 4 to 5 miles a little hot, but we were able to push through it. We ended the 16 mile run with a nice long cool down. We walked 2.41 miles for our cool down to end up with a daily total of 18.41 miles.
We finished today’s 16 mile run in 3:00:52, which is an 11:18 minute per mile pace. Amazing! Just as a comparison…we finished last week’s 16 miles at an 11:59 minute per mile pace and finished in 3:12, so we cut a lot of time off of this week’s run.
Great run and a great way to end the week!
Today's run summary:
Miles---16
Time---3:00:52
Cool Down---50:07:67
Total Time---3:51:00
Total Calories---2894
Total Miles Run---200
Next run: Monday, September 6---5 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
This morning’s run felt pretty good. I felt really good at the end of the run and wanted to run more, but knew I needed to stop! :) The temperature was around 72 degrees at about 8:00 am when we started our run. Once again, forgot to check the humidity, but didn’t feel too bad. The sun was out full force by the middle to end of the run and made the last 4 to 5 miles a little hot, but we were able to push through it. We ended the 16 mile run with a nice long cool down. We walked 2.41 miles for our cool down to end up with a daily total of 18.41 miles.
We finished today’s 16 mile run in 3:00:52, which is an 11:18 minute per mile pace. Amazing! Just as a comparison…we finished last week’s 16 miles at an 11:59 minute per mile pace and finished in 3:12, so we cut a lot of time off of this week’s run.
Great run and a great way to end the week!
Today's run summary:
Miles---16
Time---3:00:52
Cool Down---50:07:67
Total Time---3:51:00
Total Calories---2894
Total Miles Run---200
Next run: Monday, September 6---5 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Friday, September 3, 2010
A Nice 5 Mile Run
I know, today isn’t Thursday. We decided to push yesterday’s run to this morning because it was just so hot and humid yesterday afternoon, and we didn’t want to wait until 6:00 pm or so to start our run. We are so glad that we switched our run days around. Although maybe tomorrow morning we won’t, since we have 16 miles to run again this Saturday.
It was another good run, despite the fact that I had a slight stitch in my side most of the run…again! Not sure why I am getting these stitches, but I am really hydrating today, in the hopes that it won’t be there tomorrow for our long run.
This morning’s run felt good. The temperature was around 75 degrees at 9:30 am. I am not sure about the humidity, since I forgot to check before I left this morning. I would say it was around 64% or so. The best part was that it was very overcast for the entire run. This definitely makes it much cooler than running in the hot sun for 5 miles.
Today’s 5 mile run was done on base around the parade field, since Rob had to go into work this morning. I just met him over there and we got our run in! We took it easy on today’s run because our long run awaits us tomorrow morning; however, we still ended up running under an 11 minute per mile pace. We thought we were running a little slower than that even. Guess not!
We finished today’s 5 mile run in 54:06:48, which is a 10:49 minute per mile pace. Overall, a pretty good run in some weather that is starting to feel like September. We know this “cool” weather is not going to last very long, so we are enjoying while it is here!
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---54:06:48
Cool Down---14:53:84
Total Time---1:09:00
Total Calories---888
Total Miles Run---184
Next run: Saturday, September 4---16 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
It was another good run, despite the fact that I had a slight stitch in my side most of the run…again! Not sure why I am getting these stitches, but I am really hydrating today, in the hopes that it won’t be there tomorrow for our long run.
This morning’s run felt good. The temperature was around 75 degrees at 9:30 am. I am not sure about the humidity, since I forgot to check before I left this morning. I would say it was around 64% or so. The best part was that it was very overcast for the entire run. This definitely makes it much cooler than running in the hot sun for 5 miles.
Today’s 5 mile run was done on base around the parade field, since Rob had to go into work this morning. I just met him over there and we got our run in! We took it easy on today’s run because our long run awaits us tomorrow morning; however, we still ended up running under an 11 minute per mile pace. We thought we were running a little slower than that even. Guess not!
We finished today’s 5 mile run in 54:06:48, which is a 10:49 minute per mile pace. Overall, a pretty good run in some weather that is starting to feel like September. We know this “cool” weather is not going to last very long, so we are enjoying while it is here!
Today's run summary:
Miles---5
Time---54:06:48
Cool Down---14:53:84
Total Time---1:09:00
Total Calories---888
Total Miles Run---184
Next run: Saturday, September 4---16 miles!
Thanks for following our journey!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
August Running Summary
Here are my current lifetime stats—August 1st – August 31st:
122-----Total Miles
23.03-----Total Time
6 ----------Lbs Burned
19---------Total Workouts
0.01------Around the World
309.48---TVs Powered
6.42------Gas Saved
122.98-----Donuts Burned
I really love this website! I have made some new running friends on DM (www.dailymile.com). They are a great inspiration and support team. Thank you to all my new DM friends. I hope to meet some of you someday.
If you haven’t joined dailymile.com yet, and want a wonderful way to stay motivated, regardless of your type of exercise, what are you waiting for? It is free and a great way to meet new friends! When you join, add me!
122-----Total Miles
23.03-----Total Time
6 ----------Lbs Burned
19---------Total Workouts
0.01------Around the World
309.48---TVs Powered
6.42------Gas Saved
122.98-----Donuts Burned
I really love this website! I have made some new running friends on DM (www.dailymile.com). They are a great inspiration and support team. Thank you to all my new DM friends. I hope to meet some of you someday.
If you haven’t joined dailymile.com yet, and want a wonderful way to stay motivated, regardless of your type of exercise, what are you waiting for? It is free and a great way to meet new friends! When you join, add me!
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