I have to really pysch myself into the whole running thing with Huntington Beach temps in the 90s...
Jeremy and I went to Disney on Saturday and danced the night away... and sweated the night away too! Yesterday we ran 5 miles in 90* weather... and managed to keep (his) average pace of 9:18/mi. which is equiv. to 7 mph on a treadmill... I thought I was going to pass out from overheating, lol! I don't like it too hot or too cold... 70s is just right in my book!
Well he kicked my butt. I stayed with him the whole time, behind him though! His long legs was his saving grace! We did 5 miles and I told him the half marathon is like doing that 2.6 times... he knows that the 13.1 miles is going to be a challenge for him and TRAINING is necessary! He did really well running the miles on the schedule I gave him and this weekend we will get him up to 6 miles...
Helping him train for the 1/2 marathon will help me improve my pace. He is 6'2" and I am exactly 1ft. shorter than him at 5'2"! If I can keep up with his pace... I may finish the Disney race in 2hrs! WOW!!!! So he is training endurance and I am training at his speed... a win-win situation! I am glad the Pires Disney Challenge is not a competition anymore and we can work together to achieve our goals! It will be interesting to see how we do on race day, so stay tuned!
Last week we accomplished how many miles?
Mel: 13.5 miles
Jeremy: 11 miles
This week's goal is what?
Mel: 16.5 miles
Jeremy: 13 miles
We are continuing to dance 3 days a week and I am enjoying my bowling league on Sundays!
NEXT WEEK....
Is our first race together... we are running the Huntington Beach 4th of July 5K race... before the parade!
I will run my hardest short run while out there with hopes for placing in the top 10! I don't know what the competition will be like... it is a good goal though... I will update next Friday with the results and story!
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