A great run yesterday. :-)

First of all, YEAH -- I just found out that I got into the Peachtree Road Race (10k)!!!!! I will be one of 55,000 hoofing their way through the hot, humid ATL on July 4th!

Anyway, I figured that this race would be a good jumpstart to the rest of my tri training. So, I've been working on my endurance using a combo of the couch to sprint training and some 10k training programs I found. I really want to get through this 10k without walking, preferably at a decent (for me) clip.

Yesterday, I went for a run outside on a fairly flat paved trail, but didn't think I'd do as well as I've been doing on the treadmill. Though I went a little further than I'd planned on, I tried to keep my pace up. It seems to me that when you run slower than a certain point, it actually takes more energy.

When I started, I had a 2.5 min warmup and ran 25 min then walked 2.5 min and ran the rest of the way. I ended up going 3.2 miles in 32 minutes, even with the walking! Thats a 10 min mile! Even when I was running cross country in high school, I barely went that fast in my BEST race -- and that was without walking.

I am so unbelievably excited that I'm tearing up. It may not seem very fast to the speed demons, but I never thought that only 2.5 weeks into training, I'd be able to beat my high school best. Geez, I might even be able to keep up with my mother now! ;-)

Well, only 3 miles more to add to that number by July. At least now I really think I can do it! I'm thinking I'll go for another run today -- but maybe make it easier so I don't mess anything up.