8 miles today to mark the end of 12 weeks!

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0.5 mi

1 mi

5 mi

10 mi

DISTANCE	PACE	ELAPSED TIME
1.0 mi	12:34 min/mi	00:12:34
2.0 mi	12:29 min/mi	00:12:29
3.0 mi	12:48 min/mi	00:12:47
4.0 mi	12:32 min/mi	00:12:31
5.0 mi	12:05 min/mi	00:12:03
6.0 mi	13:00 min/mi	00:12:58
7.0 mi	13:19 min/mi	00:13:19
8.0 mi	13:31 min/mi	00:13:30
8.2 mi	17:44 min/mi	00:04:21

I started off my run today not sure how far I was going to go. I wanted to try for 6-8 miles today.

8 miles today and yes I am feeling it! My knees are REALLY feeling it.  But a big accomplishment is checked off. When I first started training I never thought I could do it. I think the biggest thing that scared me was the time involved and the commitment to it. I am not going to lie...it is boring, especially without any of my running partner. Kelly and I haven't been able to run together for a couple of weeks now, it makes the time go by so much faster (not to mention more enjoyable) when we do our long run together. 

I did it a little different from when I train with Kelly, I just didn't have the right app downloaded on my phone to train the way we usually do. 

I ran the first 3 miles and then walked for a minute. Ran to the 5 mile mark and walked for a song. For miles 6-7-8 I would run to the end of the mile and song that was playing and walk for the next song and then start running again.  My time only fluctuated by a minute so not too bad. 

I did keep telling myself...if this were FL I would still have 5.2 miles left! Oh, that seems like a looonnnggg way to go!!!!!

The weather was in the mid-70's, sunny and some humidity. I found that if I would have gone any longer I would have run out of water. 

Each week marks off another accomplishment toward my goal.