1/2 Marathon Training: Week 7, Run 1

Today's 35-minute run was pretty good. My legs were a bit tired from lunging a lot in the hour previous, though, and I cannot lie ... I ran the first 2 miles at a 10-minute mile pace, and I was very winded by about 2.5 miles in. I slowed down enough, my legs feeling sluggish and heavy, that mile three was clocked at 11 minutes. I think maybe what I need to do is just slow down to 10:30 and keep it kind of even if I'm supposed to be running at a steady pace that day. (Which I was today.) Maybe I shouldn't be winded doing 10-minute miles, but I totally was, and sweat was raining down my face! The great news is that my shins did not hurt at all! New shoes FTW!

Part of the enjoyment of today's run was the weather. It was a decent morning ... still wet and muggy but at least not cold or dumping rain, which it has been lately. Everything is so humid that the knob on my backdoor is dripping wet from condensation and there are basically surging swimming pools of condensation all over my carport. The windows are all fogged, etc. The sun was actually shining, though, so that's amazing. It's weird to think it was 71 when I got up this morning at 4:55 and that it's supposed to get down to 36 tonight. Weather is such a roller coaster around these parts. I guess we just have to go with the flow.

So ... in short, my 3.36 miles came in with an average overall pace of 10:25-minute miles, which I feel okay about. The longer distances are coming, and I need to start mentally preparing for them.

Today's Best Running Song: Drunken Lullabies. Oh, how I love that song. (Thanks, mo!)