6.13.2010

minus 10 mins!

the view from my kitchen table

The weather this weekend was very Seattle winter (dark clouds everywhere and rained for a few hours) which was fine since it gave me a good excuse to watch the World Cup. I took a few days of rest after climbing Elbert (gotta rest those muscles) and ran the Stone Creek loop today. I was pumped, I did it in 38 mins. (knocked off 10 minutes from my previous time) and felt good while doing it! I think it's fair to say it was mostly because after running the 10k last weekend I knew what it felt like to really push so I knew I could kick it up a few more notches and be fine.

It's oddly exciting because that means I had an average pace of 10min/mile. When I was running in London (during and after my marathon training) I'd sometimes run at that pace but my legs would be moving quicker and, of course, it was flat ground. Which must mean... maybe my old (back in the more athletic, pre-desk sitting days) running stride is coming back?!?!?! WOW, that'd be awesome... I liked my old running stride :) Guess only time and more running will tell!

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