- Total miles: 48
- Average Pace: 9:55
- Total miles for the year: 820
As you can see November was an easy month. I am a full month out from my very first marathon and I feel fantastic. I am still in shock at how well I recovered (knock on wood). I’ve been enjoying the lower mileage weeks but I definitely am feeling the itch to rack up the miles.
This past Saturday I ran my longest distance since the marathon. I headed out with my training partner. She is dealing with some IT Band issues and I’m still being overly cautious. Our original plan was to run 8 miles. From the very start I wasn’t feeling the run. It was cold and I felt like I was putting in so much effort and not going anywhere. About 2 miles in I decided I would be ok if we only ran 6 miles – better then nothing, right? Well, we ended up running 9 miles! The 2nd half was run much faster then the first – YAY for negative splits. It ended up being a great run and I can’t wait to get back into double digits.
9.14 miles 1:37 (10:38 pace)
Splits: 10:53, 11:04, 10:34, 10:54, 10:30, 10:33, 10:50, 10:29, 10:01, 1:26
Thanksgiving morning I ran my third Turkey Trot 5k. This race is absolutely insane. There was something like 5000 people that ran the 5k. That is a lot of people for a local 5k! Going into the race my plan was to PR. I don’t know why I thought I could with a race of that size. Once the race started and I realized that there was really no where for me to go my goal to PR was crushed. My next goal was to run negative splits and beat last years time.
1st Turkey Trot November 2008 – 39:02
2nd Turkey Trot November 2009 – 29:57
3rd Turkey Trot November 2010 – 29:25 (Splits: 9:59, 9:13, 8:53, 1:20)
I didn’t PR but I met both of my secondary goals so I was happy! I then proceeded to run a 2 mile cool-down.
Way to go, Amanda - on the race and recovering well. A testament to good training :-)
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