Week 26: Five miles

20:40 sec run/walk ratio
1:22 hours
5.43 miles
15.2 min/mile

I did my run on Friday morning this week, because I was heading out of town for the weekend and wouldn't have time on Saturday. I did pretty well, despite being tired and headachy and really not wanting to run at all. I took some Tylenol and futzed around for a while, and finally headed out around 8 AM. I started out thinking I'd just run around the house to save a little time, then thought maybe I'd just park at the mailboxes and run along Dennison and Valley the way I used to do, but ended up driving to the park after all, as I generally do. The weather was cool for a change—I wore my long leggings and long-sleeved shirt, and actually needed them for most of the run. Kept up a good pace and felt fine, although my headache never really went away.

This week was the first week that I skipped one of my midweek runs. Well, unless you count the week I was in Disneyland, but I figured walking all day long was just as good. I've just had a really hard time this week, feeling depressed and really tired and enervated. But I've managed to get in every long run on my schedule, even though a few were cut a bit short or had a long interruption. I got out there every week and ran, though, which is an accomplishment. Now, just two more midweek runs, and then the half marathon!