4.5 miles

Another 4.5 miles in my amazing shoes!!  I didn't wear my compression socks and I could feel the difference around the end of mile 2 and had to slow down a bit but If I do say so myself I think I did pretty well.

Mile 1- 14:45
Mile 2- 14:41
Mile 3- 15:09
Mile 4- 15:23
.5 mile- 7:59

Now all of this is still pending that my Garmin is more accurate than my treadmill. My treadmill is older and has never been calibrated since we got it from craigslist. And they are always about .3 to .5 of a mile different.  Since my 7 miles didn't make me that sore, I thought I better push myself a little more and today I did.  My muscles are not the problem it is my endurance that I need to build up.  My BFF and some other friends are doing the "Daffodil Challenge" this weekend. 4-5K's in 4 different cities in 1 day. It sounds like allot of fun but I just can't get past the fact that I don't need practice running 3.1 miles, I need the endurance to go a full 13.1.  The furthest I have ran is 8 miles and the last time I did that it was at a 16:52 pace.  That is not fast enough for the Tinkerbell Half. I NEED to complete the Half.  I am terrified of not completing something again. So, long run before fun. While my friends are having a blast running 5K's I'll be running my 8 miles. My goal is to do it outside  not on my treadmill so I can truly see what my pace is in my new shoes with GPS.  Hopefully it isn't to far off of what it says on my treadmill.