7-Mile Long Run
Today I had a 6-mile scheduled. I was worried about my knee which has been giving me problems recently. ON my last 6-mile run, it started to hurt about 4 miles in. On my 4-mile run, it started to hurt after about 3.25 miles.
I took Wed and Thur easy, keeping my runs to the scheduled 3 miles each. I rested Fri and Sat as planned.
Today felt great. At 5.5 miles, I was feeling fine and my knee wasn’t giving any problems at all. I decided to go for an extra mile and ended up running 7 miles instead of 6 miles! This is the furthest I’ve run so far. Not only did I go further, but I did it faster than any other run so far, averaging 9:46 min/mile. Another nice benefit….I burnt 997 calories on the run!
I have my very first 5K race next week Sunday. My goal is to break 30 mins which should be a breeze.
April 11th, 2007 at 6:33 am
[...] In looking at my logs, 6 months ago, 7 miles was my long run. My normal runs were 5 miles at around a 10:40 min/mile pace. Today, I do my 7 mile runs at around a 9:45 min/mile pace. Almost a full minute faster. [...]