Posted by Derek Lee-Wo on November 19th, 2006 in Training

Today I managed to accomplish a goal that is an unbelievable milestone…I managed to run 10 miles.  It felt great and it even seemed a little easier than the 8 mile run I did last Sunday.  My average pace was 10:17 at an avg HR of 149 which is also a touch faster than my 8-mile run last week which was at 10:21 at an avg HR of 151.
For the first time, I don’t feel the need to extend my long run at this time.  I will be quite content to continue running 10 miles on a Sunday and instead, work on increasing my other runs during the week and possible adding a 5th day.

Today is also the first day that I’ve really thought of myself as a “runner”.  I remember someone asking me several months ago if I was a runner and the only response I felt comfortable giving was “I’m trying to be” as I was only running 2.5 miles at the time.  I guess the way I look at it, most recreational runners/joggers will run somewhere between 3 and 5 miles a day.  I doubt very much there are any joggers that would go for a 10-mile run.