It's time to get it together! I took an almost two week hiatus from running due to having the flu and then a terrible cold. I'm still not 100%, but I'm good enough to get back into it.
I was supposed to do my 9 mile run yesterday, but I was far too hungover wasn't quite feeling it, so I opted to postpone it until Sunday. This run was hard. Mainly because it was my first run getting back into it.
My 9 miles today took me just over 95 minutes. Not too bad. I felt that I walked a lot of it, but I suppose I didn't really if I completed it only 5 minutes longer than my goal time. My goal is to run steady 10 minute miles for race day. I haven't decided yet if I feel that this goal is attainable or not.
Next week my miles really get into the double digits. 14 miles on Saturday. This will be the longest run that I have ever done. Ever. I need a plan for it. I'm bored out of my mind with my treadmill and my music and everything else that is in my home gym. Unfortunately, in our small town, hogging a treadmill at the community gym for over 2 hours is completely unacceptable and, in all honesty, I don't really want to run there anyways. My options will be my own treadmill or outside. And right now my backyard looks like this:
I'm sure you can imagine what the trails and streets are like.
I'm going to move where my treadmill is and perhaps find a movie that I have never seen to watch during these 14 miles.
Please, if you have any suggestions on how to make this less dreadful, comment below and help me out!!
What about watching a season of some television show?
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