The Hills

Woo hoo! I had another 10 mile race this morning. The race was the Downers Grove 5 & 10 miler that I also ran last year. I was a bit concerned about how I would do considering that I have not been training much this year :/ But amazingly enough...I have improved my time again! This is also very surprising to me since this is a very hilly course. Once the race started I got to thinking and I was like...oh no...no wonder my time for the Soldier Field 10m was so much less than last years DG 10m. I was wrong though...I am faster! See the times here:

Mile 1: 8:23.6
Mile 2: 8:21.3
Mile 3: 8:37.9
Mile 4: 8:14.8
Mile 5: 8:13.1
Mile 6: 8:14.3
Mile 7: 8:43.4
Mile 8: 8:57.5
Mile 9: 8:57.5
Mile 10: 8:36.0

Official Time: 1:24:48
Pace: 8:29min/mile

I also found out about another 10m race...Waterfall Glen Xtreme 10. I signed up today :D The crazy thing is that it is a very hilly course, worse than the DG 10m...yikes! One month to train!

Run for the Animals

Saturday morning I had my 10k race in Wheaton, Run for the Animals. Wow was it a rough one! It is just way too hot and humid in Chicago lately. As you can see from my times I definitely was affected by the fact that there was also a 5k race. I ran a bit too fast in the beginning and with the temperatures rising as time passed I really slowed down. Then around mile 4 I realized that there is no Gatorade at the water stations! I guess I'm just spoiled or something?? I should really investigate these things before I start a race :p Drinking too much water makes my stomach cramp up while running. I like to switch back and forth with Gatorade. I guess the water was useful when I poured it all over me...

Here's my times:

Mile 1: 8:05.0
Mile 2: 8:24.2
Mile 3: 8:01.4
Mile 4: 8:46.6
Mile 5: 8:47.1
Mile 6: 8:51.9
Mile 6.21: 1:57.2

Official time: 52:53.4
Overall Pace: 8:26min/mile

The Fog

I had a really nice run tonight. I left work at a reasonable time and omg it was hot and humid!!! My first thought was...I'm gonna have to run inside :( Luckily, I live by the lake! What a difference a little body of water makes. I actually thought there was a fire in one of the high rises over here because there was really patchy fog. Haha...I guess I'm not used to the lake effect weather yet. I ran along the lake and since it was so foggy I could barely see the lake even though it was right next to me. It seemed like I was running inside along a gray wall. It was cool :D

I'm not sure how far I ran, but it was for about an hour. I really need to look into the GPS thing again.

Angela needs some inspiration.

Alright...I'm slacking again! I'm posting in here so that I make sure I run tonight.

Work has been really busy and kinda stressful lately so I'm using that excuse this week :p That and its 80°F+ in my workout room. I would try to run outside, but I keep getting home pretty late.

Enough excuses, I will be running tonight. I have my 10k race on Saturday morning and I must prepare!