From the start of this I knew at some point I would have to run two a days. Seemed fitting with 50 days to go, I would start today. This morning I headed out around 5:45am and ran 2.42 miles. I chose my mostly uphill route around the neighborhood.
I felt good out there. Everything seemed easy going. It was warm out already, but no overly so. Usually there are a few folks out running, not so this morning. It was just me, and that suited me fine. Like I said, it felt good out there, like I hadn't put too hard an effort into it. At the end, the GPS said I did a 15:50/mile pace. That's pretty good.
I went about with my day. I did dishes, a bit of laundry. When Mark came home we went to a mall and walked around. All the while I knew I wanted to run later.
I ran around 5:00pm. I wasn't sure how it would go. It was more humid, so I thought I should take it easy. Off I went. Because I've never run twice in one day, I thought this should be a shorter run. I did 1.55 miles. I thought it had to be slower, because I didn't feel like I was pushing hard. It was a 14:56/mile pace. That's my fastest pace since I moved to RI.
Now, one thing I know I have to do is develop how I want to run the two a days. I don't want to go full out on the first run, because I want something for the second. At some point I want to make my second run the longer of the two. I can't do two a days every day, but they'll become more common in my running.
So today was a success. Of course now I have to take my second shower of the day. I feel grosser after run #2 than I did this morning.
Charlie
1 comment:
Well done! The key to running two a day is to run them at an easy pace. You are looking to build up your mileage not your pace at this point.
And by the third time you run, you will be running on adrenaline, so as long as you can get the mileage down, you will be fine. I hope to see you there!
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