NSV: Running 6 miles

EmYounginTonga

the scale may not have moved down this week......

However my victory is that today I ran 6 miles in 1:05:05 !! (That is a 10:50 a mile splits) This is my personal best! So excited! I am training for a 1/2 marathon on May 20th.... my goal is 2:25 (11:03 a mile splits) So I am getting really pumped up that I CAN make my goal! I still have lots of work to do, but this was much needed motivation today!

abellante_0205

CONGRATS!

DataBased

Marvelous - your dedication and hard work is really paying off! I continually learn here that the scale is NOT the best measure of success.

Well done!

nataliefallbach

Good Job!

akjstyles

Fantastic job!

Brandongood

good job! you'll find yourself getting faster and faster

JulieG1443

Very well done! I have to put in so much effort to do 3 miles and even then I think 1/3 of it is walking at 4mph!

tbresina

I just started running, or should I say jogging.......im not very fast. I have only done 1 mile so far without stopping but that is huge for me! I never in a million years thought that at 42 I would start running/jogging. The high I get is huge, I feel amazing afterwards! I scheduled myself to do a 5k mud run in September, I am going to tackle that with gusto!

jacquiroxx

Congrats- that is awesome!! I LOVE the feeling of hitting new "longest distance" records! Keep at it

cgsr

That's awesome! Congrats!

SuperMelRunning

Congrats on your run. As a runner myself I would suggest slowing down your runs. You are essentially racing every run you are doing and not getting enough recovery time if you are running faster than your goal race pace. Keep up the good work.

erin_zuk

that's an awesome NSV! congrats on the big accomplishment!
I will definitely second the above poster - make sure your long runs are nice and slow...don't push yourself too hard

hubkal

wow! 6 miles is a long way! I am proud of your success! I hope I can find mine!

PhotographerOfNature

That is sooooo wonderful! Way to go! You will have no problem with that 1/2 marathon.

tbresina: I started running about 40 years old too and have completed 2 - 5Ks. You can definitely do it!!! Good job both of you!

CDresp

AMAZING!!!! You will make it without any doubt!

Sox90716

Awesome job! Way to go! I am getting fired up for a half in June!

EmYounginTonga

Thanks for the well wishes, I had terrible week, so it really picked me up that I had such a good run!

Thank you for the advice on running a bit slower - I know, I know I was going to do a slower pace, but got caught up in catching a guy running on the trail in front of me, .... took me a 1/4 mile to catch him, then I sort of just got all pumped up and had a "I must win" moment" and just took off.... Doesn't happen very often, so I will take it when it does!

Here is a question for you - so that is basically my race pace that I ran - what should I be training at - 1 minute slower than race pace? 2 min?? I am not sure on that one?? Any advice would be great!

Thanks!

Em

athensguy

It's hard to figure out race pace.

It might be a good idea to sign up for a 5K sometime in April and see how you do. Then you can use a training calculator to see what it estimates your half marathon pace to be.

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/trainingcalculator

BobbyDaniel

Great job!!!

dorseykm

Congrats & awesome job! I'm training for a half marathon in June.

hkulbacki

Congrats! You'll do great for your 1/2.

Here's another pace calculator
http://www.runworks.com/calculator.html