Eight Miles!!!

Sunday I had to run eight miles... That's a lot here in Pittsburgh. Everything is so compact. So, a good portion of my run was in Frick park. I had to write the directions on a piece of paper because I couldn't remember the names of all the trails. I only took one wrong turn but realized quickly and went back to the right way. All in all, it wasn't that bad, running such a long distance. I am confident that I will be able to run the half easily.

4 Mile Week!

This week is the four mile week as I would like to phrase it. Because the days that I run during the week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday I had to run four miles those days.

To the right here is the route that I did today. I'm not sure what I think about going over by the Highland Park swimming pool because then I have to go up this VERY steep hill to get up to the reservoir. I'll experiment with other routes throughout the week. My long run is 8 miles this week!

Long Run Tommorow!

So, Friday I ran 4 miles. I tried a new route...

Tommorow I will have my 7 mile run. I mapped this out and it's just short of 7 so I might add something short while running. It also has some nice hills as well so that I can get a nice variety.

Catching Up

I'd like to apologize about not posting any news lately. I have been running, it is just that my internet connection at my house has been unreliable... This past weekend the time changed forward which makes you tired, but when it starts to get light in the morning I'd like to run before school. My long run on Sunday was 6 miles. I ran to Highland Park in a somewhat weaving way... I still feel pretty neutral about all this running. But this morning my legs felt the six miles. Tommorow is an easy three miler.

This Past Weekend

I had a very productive weekend! I moved my long run to Saturday just because there seems to be more runners out on Saturday than Sunday. The designated distance for this week was 5 miles. I have come across a useful tool for seeing if the distance I am running is the right milage. I use this website called Map My Run (http://mapmyrun.com/ ). On the site, you can map out your run and it also has a useful workout log so you can map your progress. So here is the screen shot I took of my 5 mile run that I mapped out:

I also timed myself to see where I am. It took me 47:35 min to run 5 miles. So my pace right now is a nine minute mile.

On Sunday I ran 4 miles. I kept the same 9 minute pace as Saturday...