Today was Week 6 Day 7 of the Hal Higdon 5K Intermediate Training Plan.
Sunday is my long run day, so I hit the rail trail once again. The weather was perfect and the smell of fall leaves was in the air. So even though I was scheduled for 7 miles, I knew I’d be logging some extra ones today. Picked up the trail at Brillhart Station and headed south for an out-and-back…
Ran 10.00 miles in 1:59:10 (11:54/mi pace) with an average speed of 5.0 mph. Like last time, the Howard Tunnel messed with my GPS a bit each direction, but I still have some decent data. According to the Garmin, my splits were 10:43, 11:43, 11:26, 11:32, 11:58, 11:57, 12:32, 13:01 (heh), 11:39, and 12:32. Burned about 1400 calories.
Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day, and if I have to take another rest day after that so be it. I ran 10 miles for the first time today. And that’s awesome. :)
Good for you man! Woo! I wish you had started this before now and done HoH with me, that would have been fun. So when is the Half scheduled for?
Heh.
Although… I’m pretty sure I could run one at this point. It wouldn’t be pretty, but I could do it. :)
Congrats on your ten miler, you are making awesome progress. It is pretty sweet when you can bump your scheduled long run distance by almost 50%.
Hey Bill, thanks for the words of encouragement. :)