Distance: 3.5 miles
Duration: 33:50
Avg Pace: 9:40 min/mile!!!!!
Route: MapMyRun
Usually when I run, I aim to do a little better than the last run. Defining "a little better" then depends on what my next race is. In the past few months, I've been training to run a 12K (Bay2Breakers), so each run has been about an 11 minute/mile pace but I tried increasing the distances a little more and a little more.
Since B2B has gone and passed, I didn't have much of an aim or goal -- my next race was the next weekend and was the Warrior Dash, which was an obstacle course more than a run... and the next race after that was the 5K in October for the AIDS Walk (have you donated yet? seriously? Send $5 to my page and feel $100 better about yourself! Click here!)
So the past two runs, I decided to push myself a little. I had been running for a while now, content at my heart rate and pace. When I decided to push myself a little, I found a huge improvement. I've always said that one of my goals is to run a 5K in under 30 minutes. I'm pretty sure I can do that now.
And so that I won't get "bored" or just be content with my current norm of running about 3.5 miles, I signed up for an 8K on July 2. (For those that are K-challenged, that's 4.9 miles. Essentially, it's a 5 mile race). So I'll be going back to building up some more miles in the next few weeks.
For now, I'm declaring myself a Ten-Minute-Mile-Runner (no longer an Eleven-Minute-Mile-Runner)!
Monday, June 6, 2011
So behind in updates!
I am so behind in updating! I'll update my log of runs first, then I'll go back later and talk about each run (that I feel like talking about!) -- some I have pictures from!
May 13, 2011
about 3.6 miles
No idea how long it took us, nor what our pace was!!
Map
Beautiful run at "Land's End" in San Francisco with my pal, Joey. MORE to come about this run! I have pictures! I will update a new post about this run, along with the pictures!
May 15, 2011
BAY TO BREAKERS!!!!!
7.43 Miles
1:26:43
11:38 min/mile pace
Map on MapMyRun
Official Map
I will definitely be writing more about this one, too. An amazing race filled with flying tortillas, NAKED PEOPLE, salmon swimming upstream and all sorts of chaos and insanity.
May 19, 2011
2.63 miles
26:41
10:09 min/mile pace
Map
Meh, it was a run. Obviously wasn't that into it... only could go a few miles...
May 28, 2011
3.0 miles
32:38
10:51 min/mile
Map
Not bad - pace was improving, but if I'm going to hit a goal of a 5K in under 30 minutes, I need to step it up a little.
June 2, 2011
3.5 miles
34:09
9.46 minute per mile!!!
Map
Amazing what happens when you push yourself just a little. My heart rate was a little out of control on this run, but I was super happy with the pace. I had told myself that I was going to have to start pushing myself a little
May 13, 2011
about 3.6 miles
No idea how long it took us, nor what our pace was!!
Map
Beautiful run at "Land's End" in San Francisco with my pal, Joey. MORE to come about this run! I have pictures! I will update a new post about this run, along with the pictures!
May 15, 2011
BAY TO BREAKERS!!!!!
7.43 Miles
1:26:43
11:38 min/mile pace
Map on MapMyRun
Official Map
I will definitely be writing more about this one, too. An amazing race filled with flying tortillas, NAKED PEOPLE, salmon swimming upstream and all sorts of chaos and insanity.
May 19, 2011
2.63 miles
26:41
10:09 min/mile pace
Map
Meh, it was a run. Obviously wasn't that into it... only could go a few miles...
May 28, 2011
3.0 miles
32:38
10:51 min/mile
Map
Not bad - pace was improving, but if I'm going to hit a goal of a 5K in under 30 minutes, I need to step it up a little.
June 2, 2011
3.5 miles
34:09
9.46 minute per mile!!!
Map
Amazing what happens when you push yourself just a little. My heart rate was a little out of control on this run, but I was super happy with the pace. I had told myself that I was going to have to start pushing myself a little
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Nice to get back into the swing of things...
Distance: 4.67 miles
Duration: 52:17
Avg Pace: 11:10 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
Well, for not having run for almost a week, I'd say that's pretty good. It felt good running today - I just don't know how I'm going to make it to a full 7.49 miles on Sunday in San Francisco (for Bay to Breakers). I am hoping adrenaline and Neil/Joey will carry me!!
Today's weather was perfect, too. Not too hot, not too cold, not too muggy, just enough sun. Midway through my run, I was certain I was going SO SLOW. Turns out, I wasn't going that slow! There are a couple of tough little hills and I struggled up them, but tried my best to keep up a pace.
During my run, I thought about how I'd love to hear about everyone else's favorite places to run - races to run - friends to run with. I'd like to have some guest bloggers! Tell me your story! Email me: erraticdawn (at) gmail (dot) com.
Duration: 52:17
Avg Pace: 11:10 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
Well, for not having run for almost a week, I'd say that's pretty good. It felt good running today - I just don't know how I'm going to make it to a full 7.49 miles on Sunday in San Francisco (for Bay to Breakers). I am hoping adrenaline and Neil/Joey will carry me!!
Today's weather was perfect, too. Not too hot, not too cold, not too muggy, just enough sun. Midway through my run, I was certain I was going SO SLOW. Turns out, I wasn't going that slow! There are a couple of tough little hills and I struggled up them, but tried my best to keep up a pace.
During my run, I thought about how I'd love to hear about everyone else's favorite places to run - races to run - friends to run with. I'd like to have some guest bloggers! Tell me your story! Email me: erraticdawn (at) gmail (dot) com.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Back log of a couple of runs...
New Orleans Run:
April 29, 2011 - 11:00 am local time
Distance: approx. 5 or 6 miles
Duration: a little over an hour
Avg Pace: who knows
Route: an approximation MapMyRun
That was fun. I got to run with Joey - and we really could have just kept running and running except that I had a pedicure appointment so I needed to get back.
After New Orleans Trip Run:
May 4, 2011 - 1:00 pm
Distance: 1.03 miles
Duration: 9:45
Avg Pace: 9:28 min/mile
Here's when I wasn't quite recovered from our vacation. I couldn't go very far, but I did speed up quite a bit. Nice to know that at a mile, I can go much faster. Some day, I'd like to run a 5K in under 30 minutes.
April 29, 2011 - 11:00 am local time
Distance: approx. 5 or 6 miles
Duration: a little over an hour
Avg Pace: who knows
Route: an approximation MapMyRun
That was fun. I got to run with Joey - and we really could have just kept running and running except that I had a pedicure appointment so I needed to get back.
After New Orleans Trip Run:
May 4, 2011 - 1:00 pm
Distance: 1.03 miles
Duration: 9:45
Avg Pace: 9:28 min/mile
Here's when I wasn't quite recovered from our vacation. I couldn't go very far, but I did speed up quite a bit. Nice to know that at a mile, I can go much faster. Some day, I'd like to run a 5K in under 30 minutes.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday's Easy Run...
Distance: 3.88 miles
Duration: 43:03
Avg Pace: 11:06 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
The plan is to run while on vacation with some friends. So today's run had to be short. I said to myself "at least 30 minutes." Then, of course, I ran really far away and had to run home.
It was an alright run. Again, very muggy. Good thing, though, because where I'm going on vacation is going to be muggy. Very muggy.
Not much to say about the run - a decent pace, but I have to start pushing myself a little more. I thought a lot about the friends I'm going to be seeing during my vacation and that made me smile a lot. It's going to be a really great weekend.
Duration: 43:03
Avg Pace: 11:06 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
The plan is to run while on vacation with some friends. So today's run had to be short. I said to myself "at least 30 minutes." Then, of course, I ran really far away and had to run home.
It was an alright run. Again, very muggy. Good thing, though, because where I'm going on vacation is going to be muggy. Very muggy.
Not much to say about the run - a decent pace, but I have to start pushing myself a little more. I thought a lot about the friends I'm going to be seeing during my vacation and that made me smile a lot. It's going to be a really great weekend.
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