11 Miles!

Woo hoo, we ran 11 miles this morning. Sounds really good, right? Well, ya it does, until we look at the training schedule and see where we should be.

In March, before our crazy summer started, I was already half way trained for the marathon. We had just run a half marathon in February and I could go run 10 miles with the people I run with at any given time. But then our life got so crazy. With being gone so much I wasn't able to run. After having not run for a month, we got home and I figured I could just pick up from where I had left off. Well, it doesn't work that way. I strained a muscle in my thigh. But because I'm so bull headed I continued to run. I figured it would just go away. Nope, it got worse. So much so it hurt to walk. So I started seeing a chiropractor. After seeing him for a month and not running at all it started to feel better. But then we headed back to LA. Anyways, after all was said and done it was probably close to 3 months that I hadn't run. And I love to run in the summer. It's light early in the morning, and no bulky clothes.

It's amazing how long it can take to condition your body, but how quickly you loose it. I had to start all over. Which means when I started running again I could only go run an easy 3 miles. Easy meaning at about a 10 minute mile pace. It is so frustrsting when your heart and mind want to do it but your body just won't allow it. We didn't do any speed training today. We've had an exhausting week so we were too tired to incorporate speed into the distance today. But on the days we are doing 4 or 5 I'm working in some speed. This means 9 minute mile at this time. My goal is to get back to what I was in March, between an 8:30 to 9 minute mile pace.

I absolutely love running. For me it's wonderful therapy. I love to go out and pound the pavement, push my body harder each time, and just think through things.