New Training Program

Since I won't officially start training for Disney until the Fall, this summer has been a lot about maintenance for me.  But I find that I do best when I have a plan.  Last week I downloaded the new Runner's World app on my iPhone, and I decided to set up a 5 week training plan for the GYRO 10K!!!

The app is pretty cool.  I really love the fact that it's customizable.  I entered my most recent 5K time, my goals, and voila! :)  I was surprised to see that it had me running most runs at an 11:56 pace.  Wednesday is set aside for speedwork, but the rest of the days keep me nice and easy.  I think I needed this reminder.  Tonight I ran four miles and was 3 seconds under my training pace of 11:56 a mile!  The run felt GREAT. It wasn't as hot as it's been, and running at a slower pace allowed me to be more consistent in tackling the hills.  I was a little rusty... my mileage has been next to nothing this month, but I know I can pick it up.  This program has me running 20-25 miles a week, and I'm really excited to see my mileage increase.  My goal at the end of this program is to run the 10K in 1 hour.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Miles: 4
Time: 47 minutes, 41 seconds

Miles this Week: 4
Miles this Month: 38

In My Mailbox

I love it when I go out to my mailbox and find this inside...

Good Things

Thank you SO much for the sweet, encouraging comments on my post yesterday.  I cannot tell you how much that meant to me.  This is one of my favorite things about the blog (and running!) community!  I only hope I will have the opportunity to encourage others as my as y'all encourage me. :)

And something else pretty exciting happened yesterday too!  Runners World "re-tweeted" me on twitter!!! :)  They had been tweeting all about the Shamrock Shake from McDonalds, and so I replied to them by linking a healthier, homemade version of the shake, and they re-tweeted my tweet!!!!  I know this is all a little nerdy, but it totally made my day.  Here's a screen shot of the re-tweet.  (Look to the bottom...)

And lastly... check out the weather forecast for Sunday's race.  I cannot tell you how happy I am that they're no longer forecasting any rain.

I'm skipping out on yoga tonight, because I don't want ANY soreness the next few days, and I've got quite a bit of schoolwork to catch up on.  Tomorrow we hit the road for Virginia Beach!!!!!!!! :)