Holy Crap….I did it.

I wish I had started my blog when I began training.  It would definitely show the progression I have made better than at this moment.

Sunday, I decided to go out early and try and run for an hour.  I was not feeling it at all that much when I woke up but considering it was my last real day off for a week, I felt I had to push myself to do it.
My husband, who had been complaining non-stop of the pain he was enduring from an ingrown nail, decided he would walk.  My daughter, who was celebrating her 15th birthday, wanted to ride her bike. We decided to go to the Neuse River Trail, a really nice paved section of greenway.  It is 6.5 miles long and spans from the "Falls" to the WRAL soccer park.


It was a really nice morning.  The temperature was really quite nice for  August.  When we pulled into the packed parking lot, I realized we weren't the only ones with the idea.

I decided to follow the last day of my 5k101.  Todd Lange could coach me and deciding how I felt, I could turn at the 15 min mark or I could run 30mins and then have to run back.  I took off and felt pretty good.
I walked my 5 minutes and then started to run. I felt pretty good.  My daughter would ride her bike ahead and then circle back around as I ran.  The trail was packed with runners, walkers and bikers.  Adult, children and dogs.   It was actually nice to see how busy it was.

I ran about 20 mins and thought "I think I've got this" and decided not to turn.  I ran 30 mins and as the 5 min walking cool down kicked on, I turned.   I was worried that I hadn't seen my daughter in a while and distractedly turned periodically to look for her.
I alternated running and walking.  I really did feel pretty good.   I use an app called Map My Ride to get an accurate distance and since I have never run more than 50 mins, I didn't realize it updated. As I was listening to my music I heard a voice in my head.  The voice stated "You have run for 1 hour and 28 seconds.  You have run a distance of 5 miles.  You have run at a speed of 5 miles/hour".   WOW!  REALLY!??!!

I heard a bike come from behind me.  My daughter was just finishing her ride which was over 13 miles long.

As I came into the parking lot, I could see my husband and daughter sitting on a park bench.  My husband walked 4.5 miles.  I had run 6.3!!!    I think I can do this thing!!

Now mind you, my run this past Sunday was fairly flat.  My run in October, not so much.   As I came home today thinking I would try a hill run today and promptly proceeded to fall fast asleep.  I guess my next run will have to wait.