Half of a Full

I am a cup is half empty person sometimes, but for the most part I see it as half full. Today my run was definitely half full! In fact, it was just .04 miles shy of being half of a full marathon.

This morning I slept late and putted around the house not feeling the desire to go for a long run at all. Kevin was going out to work, so I hitched a ride out to DPHS as I knew I would then be forced to get the miles in. In my mind it was going to be a better than nothing long run Saturday.

To my surprise the miles were clicking off at my normal speed without much stress or discomfort. In fact, I felt good and strong at 8 miles that I decided to run the 9th mile at a little faster pace. This mile I did pay very close attention to my pace and was pleased and humbled to run it in 7.42. I was pleased that I got myself to rally yet humbled because a 7.42 pace used to be not such an effort. All the way home I thought to myself, I need to upload my run today and see what all the other miles were paced. Had I run the other 12.06 miles faster than I thought? Am I in better shape than the 7.42 made me feel?

Moving Time: 1:56:06
Avg Moving Pace:8:53 min/mi

So, now I see that I wasn't running the 13.06 miles all that slow at all. You see, I don't turn my Garmin off at lights or stop signs. It gets calculated into my total time, so I always think I am running slower than I am. My moving time today even included my short little walk session after my 7.42 and another time when I walked across at an intersection that I knew would take forever anyway. Not bad. Hmm... No wonder the 9th mile took a little more work. That is what I call a half full cup of running today! Pretty darn good for a lady who hasn't done any tempo training or track workouts in months and months ! Yeah me!