Un-"Freakin" believable...I can do this!

13.0 miles today....yes...13.0! I have said for a while that I wanted my first 13.1 to be at Disney so I made sure I stayed below that, but now I can say that with 99.9% certainty that I can do this.

I didn't know how far I would go today, but was set out to do 10. I bobbed and weaved through the neighborhoods and when I had an opportunity to push it a little further I would.  I even ran around the shopping center parking lot to get in some extra distance. I walked some of it, but maybe only every couple miles for about a 1-2 minute intervals.

At the 5-6 mile opportunity I was starting to hit a small wall---I was determined not to walk because that is when I would be running through the castle at Disney and I was NOT going to walk that part! While I was running that part the Bon Jovi song Livin' on a Prayer was on and the lyrics "We're 1/2 way there" stuck in my mind. What timing!

I was able to make it 10 miles so I thought I would push 11-12 miles. Once I hit 12 I just made a loop through the park to try to get to 13. I was at 12.90 when I was in front of our house. I was NOT going to stop there. I went up a 1/2 block and came back and hit 13.03

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DISTANCE	PACE	ELAPSED TIME
1.0 mi	11:37 min/mi	00:11:36
2.0 mi	11:25 min/mi	00:11:23
3.0 mi	11:54 min/mi	00:11:53
4.0 mi	11:54 min/mi	00:11:54
5.0 mi	11:07 min/mi	00:11:05
6.0 mi	12:28 min/mi	00:12:26
7.0 mi	11:34 min/mi	00:11:32
8.0 mi	12:34 min/mi	00:12:34
9.0 mi	11:59 min/mi	00:11:57
10.0 mi	11:35 min/mi	00:11:34
11.0 mi	12:17 min/mi	00:12:17
12.0 mi	12:28 min/mi	00:12:25
13.0 mi	12:56 min/mi	00:12:56
13.0 mi	11:21 min/mi	00:00:22

Today I also used an app called Charity Miles so when I run a sponsor gives money to a certain charity. There are so many to choose from, but today I chose the Wounded Warrior Project. That app had me running 12.76 and RunKeeper had me at 12.79, but MapMyRun is the app I have been using consistently from the start so that is the one I used to measure distance with. I am not sure which is the most consistent but I really don't care at this point...I am so excited about my accomplishment.

On a side note...FitBit 26,328 steps, 13.82 miles, 43 flights of stairs and 2,328 calories!

I didn't want to take a chance on the weather this weekend since they were predicting snow so I took advantage of the 34 degree and sunny skies today.

I realized that I had run earlier this week and did not post my progress. I want to be sure to track my progress so I know I didn't cheat myself. I went out on Tuesday after working a day subbing and ran. Again, took advantage of the nice weather. This following a run on the treadmill earlier in the week Sun/Mon.

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DISTANCE	PACE	ELAPSED TIME
1.0 mi	11:15 min/mi	00:11:15
2.0 mi	10:55 min/mi	00:10:54
3.0 mi	10:52 min/mi	00:10:51
3.7 mi	11:44 min/mi	00:07:52