10 Miles Later

Don't let the time and calorie count fool you, the time resets at 100 minutes and the calories reset at 1000. How did I survive this run? I watched two episodes of Dr Who on my mp3 player. Small screen, but it kept me going!

This morning was kind of a big deal, at least to me. Last week I ran 8mi on Monday, today I ran 10mi. Way back when, when I sort of ran regularly (ha ha), 5mi was my max. On my long run days I would hit 5mi and be done. Today I doubled that! I was scheduled to run for 115 minutes, just short of 2 hours. In those two hours I ran 10 miles, which is about 11:30min/mi. It’s not a very fast pace, but the point is I kept going.

Some things that happened today:

*Ezra gave me one of his Indonesian sports jerseys to wear while running so I don’t have to wear my cotton shirt. Chafing was becoming a serious and seriously bloody issue, no chafing on my upper body at all today! I was thrilled! It’s my new favorite running shirt!

*My feet aren’t so lucky. I really need to get some synthetic socks because cotton is killing my feet. When I was preparing to start my running training I kept hearing “cotton is rotten!” and I now understand why. Going from a cotton to synthetic shirt was wonderful, but my poor blistered feet aren’t as lucky. Synthetic socks are just so darn expensive! I can by some nice cotton socks, 3 pair for $3-4. But running socks? The good ones that will save my feet? $8-15 PER PAIR! That’s ridiculous! And yet, an investment I will be making soon. My poor feet can’t handle another day like today.

*I ran out of water. I run on a treadmill at the Provo Recreation Center (since as a city employee I get in free, and can take a friend too! Anyone want to come?) so I’m not far from the drinking fountain, but if I pause the treadmill for too long it resets, so at mile 9 when I ran out I figured I could survive till the end, and I did (obviously). Still, I’ve never downed my whole water bottle in one run before.

For the next two weeks my runs decrease a bit. I won’t be pulling another 10 miler until the end of the month. I’m sort of happy about that. Today was killer, and my poor body needs a break. My longest run next week is 6mi, which compared to today will be a piece of cake. Maybe I can work on increasing my speed. Fingers crossed!