Hello everyone. I just had to share this as quickly as I could. Last night I went out with Bushfield with the intention of doing an easy 3 miler (I'm not sure if I ever thought I would be able to say easy 3 miler when I first started), but this changed pretty rapidly. With my first 10k race coming up and having managed to walk/run 7.4 miles at the weekend, Gary decided it was time we upped my game and attempted another 7 miles. I was confident I could cover the distance, but was worried about having to stop and walk, Gary is a great trainer and I love going out running with him as he pushes me further than I think I can go, but he doesn't like walking.
But off we went, we settled into a fairly good pace, slightly quicker then I would normally run but it felt good and I knew I could keep up until mile 2 and 3, I really started to flake fairly quickly and I knew we had so much further to go, I had the route mapped out in my head and I was just telling myself to get to the next part and then I could walk. But I didn't surprisingly I just managed to keep going. There were 4 of us running and I think it really helped to just have a chat and listen to what the others were saying to take my mind off of the distance. This route even included two hills (well inclines, but they felt like mountains).
Looking at the milage splits I'm pretty impressed with myself, I've never been so consistant and holy crap I never thought I could run 3 miles sub 13 minutes. I know that is painfully slow to most people but to me thats a great achievement and I'm really happy about it. It's nice to see that my endurance and my speed is starting to increase, and I'm pleased to know I can run a 10k distance.
So pretty pleased to say I'm freaking proud of myself.
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