Week 10

I spent this entire week running in Arkansas while we were visiting A Bear's family. Now I absolutely love running in Arkansas, it is just so beautiful and so nice to switch things up. It was also good for to get some hills in since Texas is so darn flat. On Monday I ran 4 miles just aroun the neighborhood. I took Josie and let her run without her leash for awhile. She ran all through the stream and puddles and was so measy when we got back but she had a great time. I was really tired because it had been such a rough night with Baby C, he has a cold. On Tuesday I did my speedwork around the lake and it worked out perfect. I did 2 mile repeats and felt great. On Wednesday I did a quick about 2-3 mile run just aroun the neighborhood with Josie again but was so busy that day I didn't have much time. Plus I wanted to keep it short because I decided to do my long run on Thursday. It was just such a busy rest of the week with traveling back to Texas on Friday and then we spent the night with my parents on Friday night, so it just worked out best to do it on Thursday. I'm so glad that I did. It was an amazing run. My best one yet. I just felt so great and loved running in Maumelle. I did a few big hills and felt good, I just couldtell that I was keeping really good pace. I had water at various locations and had 2 GU packets which I thought made a big difference. They really gave me a boost when I needed them. I also had the sport jelly beans, which were so tasty and I munched on at the start of my run. I ended up doing 16 miles at about an 8:10 min/mile pace. It was a great day and I didn't even feel tired the rest of the day. I also didn't get sore really at all. I mean I had tired legs but I refueled well, and streched out for about 15 minutes after I got back and I think it made a big difference. It made me feel like I could really do this whole marathon thing. :) I didn't run Thursday or Friday and that brought my weekly total to 29. 10 weeks down 8 to go!