just killed 11 miles!
AWW YEAH. 11.02 in 1:43:32, average pace of 9:24. that’s the furthest i’ve ever run! my long run today was actually scheduled to be 9 miles but i didn’t exactly map it out.. when i hit the 9 mile mark i wasn’t even back on my campus yet! so i figured i would just keep running because i felt kind of fantastic. i feel so ready to tackle this half marathon and i still have 2 months to keep training.
this run i really focused on controlling my pace - my goal pace was 9:30 and i bounced around a lot between 9:15 and 9:45. i usually just feel it out but i’m pretty bad at managing my pace.. i’ll start too fast and burn myself out. but i have my garmin set to show instantaneous pace so i could get a much better idea of how i was doing. i think it really helped and it was actually a very comfortable run despite the new distance.
had a delicious strawberry banana cheesecake protein shake in celebration, then attempted to take my first ever ice bath but that lasted about 5 seconds. hey guys.. ice baths are really cold. just gonna foam roll for tonight..
