It's the weekend, hooray!! It is supposed to be a scorcher this weekend too, I am excited for a bit of 'summer' in the usually temperate Portland area.
Today I ran with my training group, it was "Pace Day". We do a mile warmup, then run a mile on the track at a pace you can comfortably go and keep up a reasonable conversation. That pace is where you start to train and build up to the mileage of your target race (mine is 13.1 miles). My mile pace is so disappointing to me. 11:45. God, I feel so old when I am reminded that I run SO slow! I did this same training group a year ago with a run/walk pace group and ran the Holiday Half Marathon in December 2011. I had wanted to move up to a full running group this year, but the slowest one is 11 minutes. I have fleeting thoughts of just starting out with them and trying my best to keep up and pushing myself until I can do it. But I also know myself...if I am too discouraged I am not going to stick with it. I think it is better to start again with a walk/run group and just keep at it. Last year I ran with the 13 minute walk/run group. This year I'll try the 11 minute group. The run/walkers tend to be a lot of fun, too! The 1 minute walk breaks give the group a lot of time to talk and get to know each other, I guess!
Oh well, so I did my work out today. 3 miles in total on Grant track - my body could do more but I just can't stand the monotony of the track. I'm energized to train each weekend with the run/walk group. I'll keep my weekday runs to just running - as fast as I can manage - and just keep plugging away at it.
Happy Saturday!
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