8.5 miles

Wow! Was it humid out. Not warm temperature wise but since we have been getting all this rain, we have a lot of standing water so once the sun came out...whew! I really wanted to run the trail today but I decided that it would be way too muddy! I have started my cycle of run 8 minutes and fast walk 1 minute. I used this method to train and run my two half marathons. It worked well so I plan on using this 8:1 cycle for MCM. I had been running with no walking and proved to myself that I can run 10 miles straight. I m doing something a little different, I am running the first mile and then started the cycle. Prior to this, I would jsut start the cycle. I have noticed that I run at a faster pace when I use the interval. I ran an old route today using old country roads which is great because they have very little traffic. The only draw back is no bathrooms but that was not an issue today. Apparently the slices of meat and some cheese I ate the night before settled well.