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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Long Run - 10 Miles

Question: do I suck, or don't I?

I realize that's a strange question to be asking at the beginning of a blog post, but follow me here. Today was my scheduled long run. Week 16 of the FIRST marathon training plan, a 10-miler, with a goal of 9:22/mi. I tried to keep closer to 9:00/mi, which I did for the first 4 miles or so.

When the bike path I was running on ended, I turned right and ran to the 5-mile point. As I turned around, I decided to walk back to the path, which turned out to be about 1/4 mile away.

As I reached the path, I just felt compelled to walk further. I ended up walking 1/2 mile total when I started running again. At the end of mile 6, I was still running slowly and ended up resting at mile 7 by walking another 1/4 mile.

I tried to pick up the pace beyond 9:00 and ended up running 8:30 for a while. In the end though, it was too little too late, and my average was 10:11.

So how about it? I finished 10 miles, and under normal circumstances I wouldn't be complaining about a 10:11 average. But here, I didn't come close to the goal, and I walked 3/4 of a mile. Do I suck?

Anyway, here's the map.



And here are the splits. The last part of the graph is actually 16 feet, according to the Garmin. Heh.



Mile 1: 9:10.73
Mile 2: 9:03.49
Mile 3: 9:01.04
Mile 4: 9:16.60
Mile 5: 9:29.61
Mile 6: 14:48
Mile 7: 9:53.05
Mile 8: 12:19.49
Mile 9: 9:12.99
Mile 10: 9:36.34

Total 1:41:53, 10:11/mi average, 1200 calories burned.

And that ends Week 3 of FIRST training. Tomorrow's the gym and 30 Day Shred.

Today's Tweets

04:47 Wt: 165.8, RHR: 50 #

05:21 Watching Banned From TV, getting ready to leave for my 5k. #

05:22 ack Band From TV, sorry :) #

07:22 Just got to where the Frost or Fog 5k is, they barely got here. I suppose it doesn't start for another 90 minutes. Heh. #

07:48 His, not hos. Haw. #

08:13 Alright, time to get off my encounter-suited butt & do something. Ditching the phone, see ya on the other side. #

09:51 5k: 25:13 (8:09/mi) Garmin, 25:01 on the clock. Official is forthcoming. #

10:04 What's up with this Knudsen Recharge? "All Natural Sports Drink", but only has 30mg sodium, 30mg potassium. #

10:07 They've brought out a printer, here we go. :) #

10:19 Hmm. Got a package of flax seed w/tamari organic rice cakes. #

10:36 Official: 25:16, #6 in my age group. Not under 25:00, but I'm happy with it. #

10:50 OK time for Diet Dew. #

11:08 Driving home now. It's an hour, whee! :) #

14:21 At IHOP, waiting for too much food. #

17:20 What made that 5k take so much out of me today? I've been dragging all day. #

17:50 Actually I do know why the 5k took it out of me, I didn't sleep well last night. I was sore from the 100 Pushup challenge! #

19:00 Mapped 01/17/2009 Route (3.10 mi.) #

19:05 Completed 2009 Frost or Fog 5k. Distance 3.10 mi. Duration 00:25:13 #

19:34 New Flickr upload: 1-17-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/7wcbbv #

20:04 New Flickr upload: 2009 Frost or Fog 5k: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/8jhmlh #

21:33 New post on my blog: Freeze or Fog 5k & Quarter Marathon: Today was the Frost or Fog 5k/Quar.. tinyurl.com/8h555x #

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