Wow!

14 more runs till our race!!!!

Running, Starbucks and God....

So Robyn and I both had super crazy weeks this week and didn't run at all this past week. oops. so we were kind of expecting the worst for today. The trail we ran around Red Bud Park supposedly is 2.5 miles but for some reason we only went 1.5, we have to figure out how it is 2.5. Our scheduled run was 3 miles but we were planning on just doing the 2.5 if we did really well, since we didn't do anything the past week but we ended up doing just the 1.5 which is ok. I have a problem with pushing myself too hard so it's good to have someone else run with me to keep me in check.
Our pace was faster than our fastest run so far. We went 18 minutes for the mile and a half which is a 12 min pace with is about 15 seconds faster than our previous fastest pace so that was pretty exciting and we only stopped once!!!! I was so proud of us!!!
After our really good run we went to Starbucks and had "quiet time" with God, the two of us together is never quiet and shared what we read. It was pretty much amazing. I love pumpkin spice lattes!!!
This next week of running will be interesting as Robyn will be leaving me for the majority of the week so we'll run Monday and Tuesday and then we'll be on our own till Saturday.

Week 1 Recap

So Robyn and I started training this past Monday for The Speedway Run, which is a 10k in November which benefits Young Life. I'm really excited to continue the training and that I have a partner! I have been wanting to run a race for a while now but having a person that I can run with and keep me accountable is awesome!

Monday-was our first run and I know for sure I was out of shape but we only had 3 walking breaks in our 2 mile run and we were under 13 min mile pace which I think is pretty darn good! Plus it was great to talk to someone on the run : )

Wednesday-we went faster! We went a 12:13 pace! That's roughly a 40 second faster pace! We had shorter walking breaks and I think we were just feeling a lot better! Plus I loved our time afterward and praying for our training and each other. I feel so blessed to have her as a friend and training partner.

Friday-was our first walking day. It was great to walk with Robyn and talk but also feel like we were getting something accomplished. We are going to incorporate more more walking days next week but this week we worked out 4 days out of the week which was pretty good from the 0 I had been doing almost consistently since grad school started.

Saturday-this brings us to today. Our walking breaks were a little longer but that's cause we got new shoes Thursday night : )

Well that's enough for now! I'm watching Twilight with Robyn and Shannon and enjoying the fact that I finished a whole week of training!!!