For the first time in about forever, I ran at just after 7 a.m. I was playing airport taxi this morning, and I could not see myself going back to bed at around 7 a.m. when I got home. Plus, most importantly, I was way overdue for a run.
I ran the same route I did almost three weeks, but it went decidedly better this time. I finished the about 2.6 mile run in just under 28 minutes, which was a little faster than I did last time, and I felt better overall. In fact, I started out at pretty nice pace, unlike how I ran right out of the gate last time. And I did not have to walk at the end, even though I was hating that uphill ending. It was also less humid, and it was probably just under 70 degrees, which are pretty good conditions for a late July run.
I still am unsure when I will run that elusive 5k. I have a couple in mind, one in August and one in September, but I am not sure that I have trained enough for either. But if I can step it up a bit, I may be okay.
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My experiences, as a novice, not-too-fast "runner" in and around Pittsburgh. I took a three-year hiatus from running and am now back in the game.
Final Race for Pace
About Me
My name is Faith, and I have been running off and on since I was in high school in the mid to late '80s. I ran quite a bit at the beginning of this century; then I pretty much abandoned it. I returned to running in the fall of 2009 and decided to write about my past experiences as well as some more recent ones.
Since I live in Pittsburgh, I decided to call this blog "Running Around the Burgh" although what I do is really jog. And I typically run in the suburbs (or in another county altogether), but the Burgh is a state of mind as much as a place.
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