RUN 10 miles in 1:25!
My initial plan for today was to do a 10 Churches run, after my Friday run through the city areas I wanted to go back and see more of the churches I passed. To let my stomach calm a bit (still upset!) I mapped out this winding route to Soulard, then south, then west, to pass historic churches. But it was getting contrived, like I was trying too hard to make this route and I wasn't excited about it in the end.
So I ended up picking Grant's trail. Booooring, I know, flat, straight, goes nowhere, but I could do intervals. I wasn't excited about getting back in the truck for more driving after yesterday's trip to Rockwoods, then to Innsbrook, but gotta do errands anyway today, might as well roll them together.
I haven't run GT in awhile, and since my last visit these nice half mile and mile signs have been added. At least I don't remember seeing them before. I warmed up in the first mile, warmed up enough that I regretted the long sleeve T shirt (sounded like a good idea early this morning before my tummy and mapping delays!), starting at an easy pace. Then at the next mile went for a "pushed" pace, slightly above comfortable. Then alternated comfy and pushed until mile 10. I have the numbers written down somewhere but I can't find that stupid little piece of paper...
My comfy miles were in the mid-high 8's, my pushed miles were low 8's and the last one at 7:44! Yahooooooo! That last mile was easy to speed up once I realized I could make this my faster 10-miler yet in this challenge.
While walking the dog and debating whether or not I'd do the 10 churches route, I thought that if I didn't, the TJM podcast would have some great religious or church quote that would have fit the run perfectly. Sure enough, it did! haha! But I picked another one instead, as that quote was specific for the AC100 race.
"The 100 for ultra runners, it feels like our vision quest, heading out into the dark unknown and facing the things we're most afraid of." Jimmy Dean Freeman.
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