This is a drop down week. The past 2 weeks, our marathon training had us increase our mileage. Today we were rewarded with a decrease in mileage! We only had to run 10 miles...it almost felt like we were getting away with something.
I say ALMOST, because the weather today was not exactly pleasant for a 90 minute run! When we started out, it was 45 degrees and raining. This is quite a change from the blazing heat and humidity we started with in week 1 of training. I think WS was kind of mad a me for saying I would rather run in a cold rain than on the treadmill for 10 miles. Don't tell her that for my first marathon I actually did an 18 mile training run on the treadmill!!!
We pulled out our cold weather running gear, which included tights, long sleeve shirts and even gloves! The first two miles frankly SUCKED. It was cold, the rain was pelting us and I was tired. Somewhere around mile 3, the rain stopped and from then on it was actually nice. We didn't have to worry about getting out of anyone's way on the sidewalk because no one else was insane enough to be out there in that weather! We did have a couple people honk at us--not sure if it was because they knew us or because they wanted to point out how crazy we are. Either way, we waved back and kept on running!
The final distance was 10.35 miles in 90 minutes. So that averages out to 8:36/mile, not too bad!
I say ALMOST, because the weather today was not exactly pleasant for a 90 minute run! When we started out, it was 45 degrees and raining. This is quite a change from the blazing heat and humidity we started with in week 1 of training. I think WS was kind of mad a me for saying I would rather run in a cold rain than on the treadmill for 10 miles. Don't tell her that for my first marathon I actually did an 18 mile training run on the treadmill!!!
We pulled out our cold weather running gear, which included tights, long sleeve shirts and even gloves! The first two miles frankly SUCKED. It was cold, the rain was pelting us and I was tired. Somewhere around mile 3, the rain stopped and from then on it was actually nice. We didn't have to worry about getting out of anyone's way on the sidewalk because no one else was insane enough to be out there in that weather! We did have a couple people honk at us--not sure if it was because they knew us or because they wanted to point out how crazy we are. Either way, we waved back and kept on running!
The final distance was 10.35 miles in 90 minutes. So that averages out to 8:36/mile, not too bad!
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