Run a 10 mile race

I definitely just ran 10 miles yesterday training for my October half marathon. Maybe I shouldn’t bother racing the 10 mile distance—without pushing myself I managed a 1:30:41 time and felt like I could keep going. I really only started to feel good around the 5 mile mark after I started to pick up the pace a bit. I think I’ll leave this goal on here in case I find a 10-miler race in the next few weeks, but if not I’ll probably cover the half marathon first, haha.

I’m six weeks from the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in Washington, DC. I’ve got an 8 mile training run tomorrow, and I’ve been working my way up toward 10 since December. I’m still a bit intimidated by the distance, because I’m not a natural distance runner, but I’m det.ermined to get it done

but really wanted a challenge to get back in shape. So I picked the Great South Run in Portsmouth, England, in 2004. My brother did it too, although his training schedule was a lot more sporadic than mine – I think in total he managed a couple of runs around the block!

I trained consistently and even ran 10 miles on the treadmill in preparation – which was dull! On the day it was exhilarating, adrenaline-packed and the crowds really pushed me on. I had to force myself to slow down at the beginning as the adrenaline was pushing me too fast. I managed a 1 hr 30 time and felt tired but proud. Worth doing.

My goal is to run a 10 mile race by June of 2008.

im in week one of training for a 10 mile race march 29th in louisville, kentucky. so far, so good! i got my training calendar from runnersworld.com- under the training section go to “smart coach” and i put in the time I got in my 5k race that I ran a couple months ago (my first race) and then I told it when the race was, and a couple more things.. then i got a print out of my training! i am so excited!

I ran my first 10 miles in Flint, Michigan at The CRIM. It is a big race that at least about 6,000 people come out for. It is a great day and they have so many races for the whole family. It was a great feeling to get across that finish line. I ran and walked but I knew I was going to make it across no matter how I got there.