9 miles eh?

Wow... that wasn't as bad as I had thought it was going to be. Seriously, I was dreading it all week and this morning was finally the time. I was a bit delayed in starting as my lovely girlfriend called as I was about to exit the house, but that was more than okay - I miss her so much that it is like music to my ears to hear her :D

After I got off the phone with Meghan I made my way to the Nortel to gym to begin what I figured was going to be a brutal hour and a half odyssey. I had planned on trying to do my 9 miles in that amount of time using 20 and 1s as long as I could (20 minutes running, 1 minute walking, repeat...) and then resort to the more common 10 and 1s. I was feeling really good through the first half, and managed to string together three 20 and 1s before I backed off and did a 10 and 1 before bringing it home. I finished in about 85 minutes, though I can't be entirely sure as I had to reset the treadmill after 60 minutes (silly gym maximum). But I had done 6.5 miles in the first hour (that was my pace) and then finished up with another 2.5 miles in about 24 minutes. Then I did a back/bicep workout... as Meg would say... CRAZY!

Next Saturday is 10 miles, and I'm not as worried about it... I might be getting past the 'I hate running' stage Kev... though I'm sure I'd still be in it if I was running outside :)

Oh, did I mention there is snow on the ground here and it's about 0 degress Celcius! :D

Kev: Hope your run goes/went just as well!