Tom grabbed the AM exercise slot today for a bicycle ride along the coast. I did the soccer practice shuffle and waited patiently for Tom’s return. He was due to be home around 1 pm, but didn’t actually make it home until 3 pm. By then, I had eaten enough calories that I was committed to running today.
Months ago I had committed to Hal’s V-Team that I would join in on a Virtual 26.2K race. There were even shirts printed up for the event. But, I didn’t actually do the training for it. The date sort of snuck up on me. Needless to say, I made a commitment to participate and I wanted to give it a try even if I didn’t go the full distance. So, with the plan to run 26.2 K (16.28 miles), I drove to the bike path.
My CIM training schedule called for a 5 mile pace run today and 8 mile long tomorrow. The longest that I have run since Grandma’s Marathon was 10 miles. So with the new CD Mix Crystal Method did for Nike, I began my run – thanks Running Chick. It was a nice mix of techno music that progressively picks up the rhythm. I pleasantly surprised that I was running a nice pace from the start. Although the garmin doesn’t pick up well on some parts of the trial, for this run I planned to manually click the laps at each mile marker. And so I ran…