Long Run Saturday with my Besties!!!

First of all - I hit 100 posts last time and didn't even mention it.  What is wrong with me?

Secondly - I can't believe I have 100 posts about nothing and people actually still read my blog!

Today is Long Run Saturday and I got the special opportunity to go with Julia, Stef, and Ruth!  I was so freaking excited!  So my plan was 15 miles but my knee has been a little sore so I was going with the attitude of if I did 9 with Stef and Ruth I would still be happy.  I would rather run less and not get injured before my race!

So we went 4.5 miles up Provo Canyon (Ruth is a rockstar in my book for doing that with a stroller!)  I was dying...not going to lie. 

Miles on the first 9:

Mile 1:  10:57 (met up with Christina (I think, I'm horrible with names) and ran the first mile with her
Mile 2:  10:02 - caught up with the girls to finish the run
Mile 3:  10:21
Mile 4:  10:31
Mile 5:  10:08
Mile 6:  9:59 (going down was much easier than going up!)
Mile 7:  9:57
Mile 8:  10:00 (how did I manage that?  Pretty impressed!)
Mile 9:  9:50



Then after we did 9 with them, we took a picture and I drank a whole bottle of water (not my smartest move.  And I opted not to take anymore shot blocks because what was 6 more miles?  Haha I'm kind of dumb sometimes. Then of course Julia and I took a picture!

So as soon as we started out, I started getting side stitched...too much water is bad thing sometimes.  As soon as I got to 10 I told Julia good luck.  But I was so mad, so I started running again and caught up with her.  I made it 11 before I turned around.  I decided if I couldn't do 15 cause of these dumb side aches, I could do 13 and that would make me happy before my half marathon! I hit 11 miles at 1:52 and I kind of got a smile on my face.  If this was during my race - two more miles at an easy pace would put me at 2:12...and this was a training run where I didn't even look at my watch.  Well I stopped running altogether at12.5 and then stopped my garmin at .63 and restarted it so it didn't effect my running times - but finished 13 miles total for the day. 

Last 3.63 Miles - obviously walking made the rest slow...you don't care about that! LOL

Mile 10: 10:38
Mile 11: 10:05
Mile 12: 13:14 (yeah...I walked a lot...haha)
Last .63: 7:20

All in all for a training run - I'm happy.  I hadn't ran a long run straight without walking since before my half so I was in need of a good run in order to boost my confidence.  I'm really starting to realize how I need to not even think about times anymore.  I don't enjoy it when I run fast..I just don't.  I hate the gasping for air.  But I LOVE running when I am running with my new besties talking and not caring about the pace at all.  Seriously didn't even look at the pace on my garmin the whole time - I did look at the distance a LOT!

I love long runs! And a new milestone.  This week was my first time over 20 miles. I've gotten close before - 19, 18..but never 20 and today I finished my week with 24 miles!  Woohoo!

And a HUGE shoutout to my other running pals that ran the Ogden Marathon- Rachelle and Ashley!  You guys are freaking rockstars and I'm so proud of you!!!! You should be proud of yourselves!  Go show them some love!!!