Today was my long run in my 1st week of training for the half. I went to legacy parkway again. It was pretty windy but I decided to start out with a tailwind and come back with a headwind because I figured I'd be hotter on the way back and want the wind to cool me off. I forced myself to walk .25 mile before starting to run. Then I ran 2 miles out and turned around and ran 2 miles back then had my last .25 to walk again. On the GPS I was just under 11 minute miles every time I looked. For the last .25 mile or so I sped it up and pushed myself as fast as I could, I think about 9 minute miles. My overall split for the 4 miles was 10:32! I am definitely improving but now I want a nap. I think I might sign up for a 5K in Florida when we go there for our family vacation, May 9. Matt says he would also love to run a race there. That is just one week later than my training plan says I should run a 5K race and that would still put me a bit ahead of schedule for my half. I haven't yet decided that it's worth it to pay to run, but I guess $20 is not a bad price to pay to keep my motivation up.
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