That’s right! According to a message I got from Lance Armstrong this morning when I finished my run, I’ve covered 250 miles since I started running with my Nike+ on June 15th, 2008. It’s been fun, and I’m definitely looking forward to the next 250. Over the last 4 months, I’ve increased my weekly run from 3-10 miles per week to 20-30 miles per week. I’ve improved my average pace from 9:27 per mile to 9:14 per mile. Of course, this isn’t a steady progression, as I’ve had some slow weeks, and the first time I ran 13 and 15 miles, I went rather slow to make sure I could finish! My most recent long run, this past Saturday, was 11 miles, which I finished with a 9:12 pace or 1:41:00 total time. This puts me on track to finish the half-marathon with a 9 minute even pace.
Another quick update, the Midlothian Blaze 5k results have finally posted. My official time was 25:33, and I finished 5th in my age group (30-34). I’m very impressed with these results. I was only 2 minutes away from 4th place. I’ll be in the next age group (35-39) next year, and I think I have a good chance of placing well, since the first place finisher this year ran at 21:34. Though, that individual moves up next year to the 40-44 age group, so I’ll actually be running against my neighbor John Bennett who finished in 23:26 this year. His legs are incredibly long, so I’ll have to train very hard to beat him!
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