Celebrated my birthday with a party on Friday night with friends and family. My husband made a delicious spread of food. We played shuffle board, talked, sang some karaoke, and danced the night away. I think a fun time was had by all. Due to the late night, I moved my long run from Saturday to Sunday. I spent most of Sunday resting and recovering from the party and the first few work days last week. Thursday and Friday were both long days! I did manage to take a 40 minute walk on Saturday night as my cross training for the day.
It was a nice cool morning at 6:30 when I set out for my run. Dave went out with a friend to run at Creve Couer park. I think he ended up running 17.5 miles. He is seriously considering trading his half to a full. So I decided to just go for a run in the neighborhood. Our neighborhood is quite large with sidewalks lining all the streets and cul de sacs. I set out to run 10 again like last weekend, but when I reached 10 I decided that I couldn't quite stop. I ended up running 11 miles. I averaged an 11:22 pace. My fastest mile was 11:02 on my fifth mile and my slowest mile was 11:44 on my ninth mile. The path I took had rolling hills and several longer hills, too. My goal is to stay between 11:20-11:40 for my average pace on these long runs. The last two weeks I have been at the faster end of that range, so I am thinking it may be time to adjust my long run pace to 11:10-11:30 for my goal pace to maintain. I bought some natural energy drinks at GNC to drink before I run. They are low in calories and have various vitamins, minerals, fruit juice, etc. I also bought some energy chews to take during my run. I tried the drink today. Then I took 2 chews on my run, one at the hour mark and one at one hour 45 minutes. After running, I ate a Cliff bar to see if this would help with the energy level and hunger for the rest of the day. Plus, I was starving when I completed the run and needed something to eat. I had a bowl of cereal prior to running. We happened to be out at lunch on our way home from picking up the kids from Grandma and Grandpa, so I had a philly cheesesteak with a side salad for lunch. When we got home from lunch and some shopping, I was ready for a nap. I slept for 1.5 hours. This is the biggest problem I'm having after my long runs. Later in the day it hits me like a ton of bricks and I am totally exhausted. Like so sleepy I can't keep my eyes open. Hopefully my body will adjust to these longer distances eventually.
A friend of mine is getting me a new pair of running shoes for my birthday present. This is exciting and perfect timing. My Asics Kayano 17 are starting to come apart on the inside behind my heel. The material is tearing. I took them into Fleet Feet, but I had bought the shoes April 5 so I am passed the exchanging deadline. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I am getting New Balance 1260's as a gift, so I am hoping that these will be a good shoe for me. The Asic Kayanos have been comfortable overall in my running, except I wish there was a litte more cushion under the ball of my feet. Sometimes when I have added miles on my long run days, the balls of my feet will get sore toward the end. I know I need to sometimes run on something a little softer than pavement and sidewalks, but that is what is close and convenient.
Feeling fine about turning 40. Feeling great about the training process so far. Looking forward to improving my time, getting my distance up just a little more, and completing the races this fall. Thank you to everyone who is cheering me on and helping support me in my training.
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