Week 5: Seven and a half miles

20:40 sec run/walk ratio
2:04 hours
7.92 miles
15.7 minutes/mile

I had originally planned to do 3 miles today, but when I turned over the calendar and wrote down the weekly runs for May, I decided I didn't want to go directly from 7.5 miles to 9 miles, so I skipped the 3 mile run and went directly from 6 to 7.5 miles instead. It was a bit rough shifting gears to do a long run today instead of the easy 3 miles I'd been counting on, but it turned out all right.

I set the alarm for 7 AM, ended up getting up at quarter to 7, and thought I might be able to head out for Meadowbrook Park by 7:30, but my stomach was a bit wonky and I just couldn't get myself going. I ended up hitting the road around 8:10 AM, and got to the park to start my run at 8:30 AM. I checked to make sure the bathroom was open—turned out I didn't need it, but I was glad to know it was available if I had.

It was already hot at 8:30, and I worried a bit knowing I'd be out for around two hours, but it didn't seem to get much hotter while I was out there.  I did feel that I had less energy than I did last week when it was cool and breezy. The lack of sleep and wonky stomach didn't help, either. Still, I kept up a pretty good pace—under 16 minute miles. All in all, not a great run, but a good one.