It has been more than a month since I have updated my blog and there are several reasons for that. December was a pretty rocky month and my running did not go quite as I planned. Things had also been extremely busy at work and still are pretty busy. There was also Christmas break mixed in there too. Due to some health issues, I had to take some time off from running and let my body recover. It took me a little while to get back into it and it was frustrating after having such an awesome training in the fall. So here's what weeks 6-10 and the beginning of week 11 have looked like:
Week 6
12/4/12 - 3 miles in 30:24 (10:09 min/mi pace)
12/5/12 - 5K in 34:07 (11:01 min/mi pace)
Week 7
12/16/12 - 3 miles in 33:33 (11:11 min/mi pace)
Week 8
12/18/12 - 3 miles in 29:56 (9:59 min/mi pace)
Week 9
NONE
Week 10
1/2/13 - 5 miles in 48:58 (9:48 min/mi pace)
1/3/13 - 4 miles in 38:39 (9:39 min/mi pace)
1/4/13 - 5K in 35:04 (11:18 min/mi pace)
1/5/13 - 10K in 1:01:06 (9:50 min/mi pace)
Week 11
1/8/13 - 4 miles in 36:38 (9:10 min/mi pace)
1/9/13 - 5 miles in 47:20 (9:28 min/mi pace)
1/11/13 - 3.25 mile run/walk in 41:26 (12:46 min/mi pace)
1/12/13 - 10K in 58:50 (9:29 min/mi pace)
1/13/13 - 4 miles in 42:21 (10:35 min/mi pace)
Week 12
1/15/13 - 4 miles in 38:44 (9:41 min/mi pace)
If I compare my running times to what I was running a year ago, I have definitely made a huge improvement in my speed since then. I have even seen a huge improvement in my speed from the fall until now. I definitely have XC and 2 months of running with middle schoolers to thank for getting me in such excellent shape. You would never even know that I missed a couple of weeks of running and a few random runs. All of the runs that I have done in the past month by myself have been under a 10 min/mi pace. I have never been that fast in my entire life and I never thought that I would be able to become that fast of a runner. I know for serious runners that's still a pretty slow pace, but I cannot believe how far I have come as a runner. Since 2013 began, I have been sticking to my training schedule and I have even run in 2 races. There's a Freeze Series 10K here every weekend in January and apparently only the die hard runners come out for it. I was one of the last ones to finish the race the first week that I ran it, but I had a personal best that day and cut 7 minutes off of my 10K time from the summer. I shaved 2 more minutes off of my 10K time the second week that I ran it, which is a 9 minute improvement on my 10K time from the summer. I am so proud of myself and cannot believe how far I have come as a runner. I still question whether I will actually be able to run a marathon or not, but I will never know if I never try. So I am going to continue my marathon training as scheduled and see where the road leads me!
124.35 miles complete in 20:41:16 and only 130 days until conquering 26.2 miles!
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