Today was my first night running outside since my 5k in May. Running outside as opposed to running on the treadmill is a whole different world to me. I can hear myself breathing a lot louder running outside then I do when I am on a treadmill. I am also able to keep track of my time better. I know Garmin makes nifty watches to calculate times and whatnot but I don't think I've achieved that level of running status where I need to drop $200 on those of those bad boys.
Yellow Marble came with me on my 3.07 adventure today and was official "pace car" and coach. She told me how far I needed to run and when I was allowed to stop and take breaks. If she reached the end point before me, she'd hop off her bike and yell cheers that she made up for me. It was great having her along.
I felt strong today going into this run and I was psyched that the weather was cool enough to go outside. But, I didn't carry a water bottle with me so I was dying of thirst around the two mile mark.
All in all, I didn't have a fantastic time. Blame it on the wind blowing in my face, the slight hill I walked up on a bridge to cross over a canal or just my inability to adjust to running outside quickly enough, but I did it and doing it is all that matters at this point.
Hopefully, by the October 1st weight in I will have some progress to report!
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