Wow...new shoes make a difference.

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DISTANCE	PACE	ELAPSED TIME
1 mi	12:03 min/mi	00:12:02
2 mi	12:10 min/mi	00:12:09
3 mi	12:17 min/mi	00:12:15
3 mi	13:11 min/mi	00:00:33

Today I completed my second week of training. It was a good week the weather was really nice here for mid-July. I ran the 3 miles today for the "long run". I didn't think I would be able to but I DID IT! The first 1/2 mile is still a killer for me. I just give myself small/short goals and that seems to help, sometimes it is just the the corner which is 1/2 block away or making up the small incline, I do that throughout the entire run.  I needed to take baby steps twice today, once about 1.4 miles in and the other about 2.2 miles in.

Today was my first day with my new running shoes. I took the advice of everyone and went to Running Central and got fitted for a pair of good running shoes. WELL WORTH IT!  I would come home and take off my shoes immediately today they are still on my feet.

I took a longer cool down today in hopes that I wouldn't have the sick to my stomach feeling after my run. It seemed to help and I ate a 1/4 of a bagel this a.m. about 45 minutes before I ran. Maybe the combination helped. I need to work on getting a comfortable set up for my post run stretches...the concrete floor of the garage in nice an cool but, oh so hard! :-)