I came home from my nephew's football game last night and plotted a course on mapmyrun.com which I optimistically named "10 Miles Flattish." Notice the "ish." It's funny how those one dimensional maps can change when you actually run them in 3D.
I also relied on the week's weather reports that proclaimed cooler temperatures by the weekend. I don't know when those "cooler temperatures" happened, but by 7AM they were long gone. I actually felt like I was running in a warm blanket and that was just the first mile!
Heat, humidity, and hills aside I managed to crank out a nice little 10 mile pace run averaging 9:56 m/m. I was hoping to average faster because I felt like I was putting forth a harder effort, but I think four water bottles and the heat worked against me. I have no idea what to hope for in next Sundays half marathon. I know that even though today's effort was definitely an effort it was nowhere near an all out take no prisoners effort.
Do I have what it takes? We'll see.
Just for fun, and because they look so pretty, I'll post my splits:
Mile 1 9:40
Mile 2 9:46
Mile 3 9:50
Mile 4 9:59
Mile 5 9:52
Mile 6 10:18 (pit stop)
Mile 7 9:44
Mile 8 10:09 (giant hill -- had to walk, boo!)
Mile 9 10:06 Mile 10 9:22 (really only 9.95 miles )
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With the training you've put in, next sunday will go great! Fingers crossed for excellent weather.
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