Week 11: Eight miles

2:14 hours, 1:2 minute run/walk ratio

Meh. I was tired today, got off to a late start, and decided to bag it after eight miles. I ran at Meadowbrook Park, and was going to try for 11 miles (scheduled to do 12, but didn't think I'd have time because of my late start). The first five miles went really well, but then the sun came out from behind the clouds and started beating down on me and I just lost all my strength. Mile 7 (the uphill mile) was really hard. Mile 8 was better, but I just didn't want to run any farther.

I'll have to re-work my schedule again. I keep not making the planned runs. I still have plenty of time to complete my training by Oct 12, but I have to figure out miles and days.

If the weather doesn't start to cool down soon, I'm going to have to start getting up at 4 am to do my long runs. It's just too hot to run after 10 am.