New shoes, means motivation to run. I wanted to test the bad boys out and show them off. Technically I broke them in a little by playing some pick up basketball, but I don't count that.Today I knew I was going to go on a long run, and this was the official breaking in of the shoes. And now that the weather is getting colder, it's getting harder to have motivation, so the shoes came at a good time. Today was a little warmer though so I had to take advantage of that.
The start of my run was good. I felt fine. I did have to walk at a point because of my stomach. I'm glad I walked when I did because I caught it early enough that it didn't last long and I was back to running in no time. :) That made me happier.
I felt like I had a really good pace. As I was running I noticed a group of kids in front of me who were also running. I crossed to the other side so I wouldn't have to deal with them, but once I crossed over, my goal was to make sure I was faster than them.
I passed them.
I was lucky with the traffic lights too. I had to stop at points, but it wasn't very long. And sometimes I would hit the light right when it changed to green. It meant that I couldn't take a break even if I wanted one at times. My endurance is definitely getting better.
I sprinted the last stretch and just felt awesome. When I looked at my time and distance, I was satisfied.
I thought that I would have had a slower average mile pace time because of the stretch where I had to walk, but I was actually at a good pace! About 8:46/mile.
I also ran 10.4 miles, so I'm definitely happy about that.
Overall, today's run was amazing. And I love my new shoes. I'm not sure they're too good for long distance though so I might stick to the shorter runs for them.
Keep Running.
Runaway Girl
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