I did it!!! I did it!!! I did it!!!!<\/p>\n
This was the first time in a number of weeks that I actually completed my speed run distance in one shot. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so happy and proud and excited! There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope for me yet! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let myself get too discouraged when I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t meet my training goals in this category in previous weeks. Who knows if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll make it next week, but I made it this week and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s GREAT!<\/p>\n
Although I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a ton of time, I did allow myself to warm up properly. I estimated it would take me 2 songs to get up to speed, but at the end of the 2nd song, I was only at about 5 mph, so I gave myself two more songs and kept creeping up the speed slowly. I had a mile and a half in before I reached 7 mph and I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let myself worry about that. When I got to 7, I had given myself enough time to warm up to that speed and I was, therefore, able to hold it better. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what lead to the success, at least. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually know, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my guess. That, and the fact that I hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just given up on my speed runs when I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do them as planned. I still spent time and effort getting to, and maintaining, that speed.<\/p>\n
Once I finished, I let myself cool down a long time, too. I had logged about 4 1\/2 miles, just getting my 2.1 speed miles. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine. The extra mileage won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hurt me. In fact, I still sometimes wonder if I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t made some drastically wrong calculations somewhere that will leave me way under-prepared come race day. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think so, but I do worry about it sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"