Well, in this case, not really the Joneses, but keeping up with my running partner and fellow blogger, April.
My goal for this next race is to run THE WHOLE THING with April. I wasn't able to do this in my first half, there was an unexpected hill that absolutely killed me. Like I-couldn't-recover-and-ended-up-run/walking-the-last-5-ish-miles-of-the-race, killed me.
But not this time, this time it is on.
And it turns out I have a little bit of a competitive side. Who knew?
April, Erica and I have been logging our miles on dailymile.com, which then gets posted to Facebook.
On Saturday, I saw a post:
"April ran 7.04 miles in 1 hour and 3 mins and felt good."
Holy cow, was I ever impressed. And then felt instantly defeated. How the hell was I going to keep up with her? She's already at 7 miles and a fast 7 miles at that.
Then I decided to grab the bull by the horns.
I headed out for my run on Sunday morning. I wanted to finish at least 6 miles and was going to time myself to see if I was anywhere near her time.
My post on Sunday:
"Rachel ran 6.22 miles in 1 hour and 3 mins and felt great."
Pretty big confidence booster I must say. I was dealing with an incredible head wind and all around yucky weather, so I think I could have gone faster if not for those obstacles.
Turns out, I just might be able to hang with her for those 13.1 miles. I can't wait to find out.
I have NO doubt that you two will be crossing that finish line TOGETHER! Me, on the other hand will hopefully be not too, too far behind. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am beyond impressed and extremely in awe of the pace times you two have. AWESOME!!
I am compltely confident that you'll be by my side the ENTIRE time and I think Erica is on her way to joining us as well!! She just doesn't know it yet ; )
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