This morning, I did my last training run prior to Abe's Amble 10K on Sunday morning. My SmartCoach application had me doing a one mile warmup, three miles at 8:59, one mile cool down. Due to not being able to drag my tired butt out of bed on time, I had to shorten the actual tempo part to two miles. I'm hoping it's enough though.
The SmartCoach has me running the 10K at a 8:36 pace. I don't know what to think about this pace. I ran a half marathon just months ago at 9:14 per mile. I ran a 5K in May at 8:07. I ran 2 miles last Thursday at 7:51. I don't know if I'm trying to convince you I can do it, or myself. Running is so mental. These are good reminders for me.
The run this morning felt decent. The warmup mile, my achilles felt tight and stiff. It was 6:30 in the morning though. I'm allowed to be stiff that early. I'm no spring chicken after all. After the first mile, I tried to pace myself at 8:59. I felt like I was all over the place. I want to download my GPS information to see how bad it was. Sometimes the watch said 7:50ish, other times it said 9:30ish. However, when the GPS chimed another mile done, it read 9:00 on the nose for mile #2.
I keep running and zone out. I forget I'm trying to stay at 8:59. I look down and see that my pace is 10:03. Oops. Lazy running. I pick it up again. I forget again. I pick it up again. I'm just not with it this morning. Ring--mile #3 done. I look down and it says 8:58. Not bad staying on overall target while being all over the place!
I cool down with a last mile at 10:00. Talk about precise! So, am I ready for Abe's Amble? Check back in on Sunday!
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