It may not have been my fastest average time, but look at that distance! SEVEN miles! WOW! That's the furthest I've ever gone in my whole life at one time. I am all but 100% sure that they never made me run more than 5 miles at a time in the Army. I had just passed the 2.5 mile mark and started to toy with the idea of going to 3.5 miles instead of 3.1 for my turn around and try for a personal best of 7 miles. I figured that if I felt like it was too much, when I go to my originally planned 6.2 miles I would just stop and walk (yeah right, like that was going to to happen). I think just giving myself that out and permission to stop if I felt I needed to was all I needed to give myself the oomph to finish the 7 miles. And I have no doubt that I can take it even further. This means I am only 6.1 miles away from doing a 1/2 marathon distance! OMG!
that is awesome! Congratulations. I looked at your splits, if you slow down does first couple miles, you are likely to have a better place overall.going out to fast, usually makes you slower overall. Given your splits, if it were me I would shoot for 10:30 minute miles in the beginning (maybe even 10:45) for these longer runs. Then, if you have the energy, you can pick up the pace in the second half of your run. I think you will find you will have faster times overall doing it this way. This is what's great about having a Garmin. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll definitely make a point to try and slow down my first couple miles. I was wondering how to have more energy later in my runs...don't know why this hadn't occurred to me....hahaha!
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