Today, well actually yesterday, marks my first long run since...April, when I did the Statesman 10k. Between now and then, I've only been running a measly 3-4 miles, if that. But now, I can say I can and I WILL reach the 5 mile mark by the end of the month. There are only 152 days until the Austin Half Marathon, but who's counting? Not me (looks around)! This evening, as I right this post and think about all the things I could've done to improve my time at yesterdays run, I mapped out a little path to run at my neighborhood. One way is about 3.3 miles, so a round trip run would be 6.6, which is exactly what I need. I will slowly conquer that, but for now, I must do a little bit of cross training to get back into the swing of things. I almost feel like a broken record saying that, but I really need to focus and get on the ball. I really want to do well for the Austin Half Marathon and every other race between now and then, which are the Rogue Rescue 5k on 9/22, I might do a run next month, but I'll have to find more details, the Turkey Trot 5 mile run on 11/28 and that is possibly it at the moment. For now, I leave you with my race results from my 80's 8k on 9/15/2013:
Congratulations on finishing the Run Free Texas 80s 8k Community Race on September 15, 2013.
There were 29 finishers in the Female 30 to 34 age group and 153 finishers in the race.
Your overall finish place was 115 and your age group finish place was 22. Your overall finish percentile was 75 while your age group percentile was 76. Your time of 55:32.3 gave you a 6:59 pace per KM.
I was surprised by the amount of hills there were on this run and I don't mean small little hills, I mean gradual inclines that when you look back, you can see the highway and beyond. I'm an amateur at hills for sure, but I will need to get over that. I feel like there is so much for me to do, but I am excited about getting back into this training in full force. This will be my mantra:
Word to live by!
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