I had a really great run today!

I met up with a friend for a somewhat long run this morning. We didn’t really have a plan. I was hoping for seven or eight miles at least, but I’m always up for more. We decided to take one of my favorite routes through a waterfront neighborhood.

My friend is a bit faster than me, but usually drops down to stay with the group. Well, since it was only a group of two today, I did my best to keep up! It was probably a comfortable pace for him while a little more effort for me, but I still felt good.

When we got back to our cars it was just under seven miles so  I had to run down the street until the Garmin hit 7.0. I stopped my watch at seven miles, and we walked a minute. He asked if I wanted to keep going.

Of course!

We took a brief walk break and then we started running again. From where we parked, to the water and back is about three miles. My friend hasn’t been running quite  as far lately and started walking just shy of mile nine. I felt good and kept going!

1. 9:52
2. 9:09
3. 9:16
4. 9:17
5. 9:14
6. 9:31
7. 9:46
8. 9:26
9. 9:32
10. 9:23

Ten miles in 1:34:32 – 9:27/mile average. While we did pause and take a walk break after mile seven, that’s still the best long training run I’ve ever had. My 10-mile race PR is 1:35:02!

Core Challenge Week 3 Day 2

After 10 miles, I wasn’t really in the mood for a long core workout, but I had to squeeze it in. I went back to the Wii like I did for my first workout, but I chose the easy version this time!

This workout was a little simpler:

1. Curl ups (10)
2. Crunches with punches (10)
3. Reverse crunches (10)
4. Curl ups (16)
5. Crunches with punches (16)
6. Reverse crunches (15)
7. Curl ups (10)
8. Crunches with punches (10)
9. Reverse crunches (10)

Since there were no leg raises, I created a custom workout with medium and hard leg raises. I forget if it was 10 or 15 for medium, but the hard version had 20 — you really start to feel it then!

So, it turns out the easy workout was a little too easy … but just what I needed after that run!