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August 07, 2004
Confessions of a Natural Born...Runner
I think about what I am going to write all the time now; I compose most of my blog entries while I am out on the roads. Yesterday turned out to be a fabulous running day - I snuck in more miles than I had planned.
I met K. in the morning for our usual 8 mile loop and I think we ran about 7:20 pace. I have a confession to make (one of the many that I will reveal), I very rarely run with my watch in timer mode. I usually pay attention to when I start and when I finish, but I do not stop and start my watch every time I hit a light. I went through a stage going into my freshman year of college where I obsessively timed every run and then attempted to run as fast or faster the next time. My routes were 6.2, 3, 5, and 7.2 miles (yes, I drove the car along the route to get an exact feel for the mileage). It probably comes as no surprise that I spent my entire freshman year in and out of injury.
So now I run and I estimate and guesstimate my miles and pace. I am usually a pretty good judge of pace.
Nice detour. Back to running. So K. and I ran pretty well and then last night my twin sister, A. called and I ran 1 mile to her place, we ran 6 miles together and I ran 1 mile home (I ran the last mile in about 6:40....we probably ran about 8:30 - 9:00 pace). 16 for the day.
This morning B. and I got up and ran about 14.5 - 15 miles at 7:50 - 8:00 pace. More to come on that later!
Posted by bridget at August 7, 2004 11:12 AM