If I were a betting man and if Vegas had any interest in my running life, I'd have lost the farm today. After a strong start to the week, I wasn't sure I'd get my runs in and hit double digits this week. Then there's the 10k in a couple of weeks and not feeling confident I could finish it at this point. So with a cold rainy morning, I took my running stuff to work with the plan of running the Boulder 10k program on the TM. I could monitor my pace easily and if I wimped out and quit, I didn't have a long cold walk back to the gym. I walked a few times, but only for about 20-30 sec each time. Pushed it some on the flats, but tried to keep it at or above the 60:00 goal pace (6.2mph or 9:40) the rest of the time. Even on the big 6% hill at the 9.75k mark. That was killer. Anyways, finished in 59:30 - second fastest I've run that program by a couple of seconds. LOL Burned 880 calories and had a net climb of 240ft or something like that. I hadn't fueled well at all - ate probably 200 calories all day, so I didn't feel well afterwards. I'm making up for that now. A little sore, I'm tired, but satisfied I can finish the 10k coming up. If I can do the TM program in 59:30, I'm hopeful I can hit the 58:00 goal with my short shorts on!
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