Sunday, August 10, 2008

Why I Don't Run Outside Every Day...

Today's run was normal -- on the treadmill. I ran 12.14 miles in 1:35:00, a 7:53 pace.

Yesterday, though, I went to the gym and did the elliptical for 1:06:00, and that's all I was going to do.

12.44 miles, 1:06:00, 5:18 average pace

Then, as I was heading home, I saw a girl outside our apartments running...I got the urge to run--but not just run, to do it outside. Seriously. This is the reason I stick to indoors, where I can KEEP THE PACE DOWN. I ran on the same trail I ran on Friday from work, only this time I started on the trail by our apartments, ran 4 miles out, then 4 miles back. The last .09 was when I noticed the sprinklers down the road at our apartments were going and I decided to run through them.

Mile 1 - 7:31
Mile 2 - 7:22
Mile 3 - 7:17
Mile 4 - 7:21
Mile 5 - 7:18
Mile 6 - 7:16
Mile 7 - 7:09
Mile 8 - 7:04
Mile .09 - 0:36

Total - 8.09 miles, 58:59, 7:17 average pace

No more running outside unless I can keep my pace down. Bad Tonya.

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