Ran to work for the first time this morning. 1 hr 17 min. Went well. My wife talked me out of trying a roundtrip this time around. I'll try that next week , especially if it cools down a little. I'd like to get to where I don't drive at all for an entire workweek but that will take time. I've never done more than 60 mile in a week and that would be 96.
Was nervous about a couple things on this run and none of them panned out. Part of the run was past houses outside the city limits (almost in the country), I was worried there may be unleashed dogs that would chase me. I passed 4-5 dogs which were outside but all were caged or chained.
My other concern was traffic. This wasn't a big deal. I went by the chicken plant before shift change which I think must be 7am. State Docks Road (where 3M is) was the busiest stretch along my route but it again very tolerable- less than 30 cars in a span of 1.5 miles (this was after 3M's shift change - 6am).
Initial mile splits were around 9 minutes. Once warmed up, I settled into a 8 min/mile pace. Last mile was 7:19. Felt good. So nice to run in a little cooler weather. |