Progress Run - 9 miles with last 15 minutes moderate. Average pace: 8:58.
Weather: 51°F, 87% humidity, wind 5 SE, partly cloudy. The early morning humidity continues.
I felt pretty good when I started this run but got tired midway through. I thought about cutting it short, but didn't. Splits for the easy part were 9:30, 9:13, 9:37, 9:02, 9:11, 9:05, 9:00, then I went for 15 minute and a few seconds at an average pace of 7:59. I was still a little ways from home at that point, so I did an addition .22 miles at 9:04 pace to get home. My right calf is a little tight. I think it's from the midfoot strike I've been working on for the last week.
We got a phone call last night asking us to go on the Pioneer Trek this summer to help with food. Our 14-year-old son will be on the Trek. Three days of walking across Wyoming in a long dress is not exactly on my marathon training plan, but that's okay. I can handle the trek physically, but I could use some spiritual growth. I hope that it will prompt my husband to prepare physically. I need to get him and our son on some kind of walking/runnning program right away so that they'll be able to handle the Trek. | 