Great weekend!!!

Yesterday was awesome!!! First, I was down another .8 for a total of 12 even.

Next, I was feeling good headed to the Y. I decided I wanted to do 5 miles and I wanted to do as much as possible in walk 3/run 2 intervals.

I did 4 minutes of walking, gradually increasing my pace, and then started 3/2's. I hit 3 miles exactly as the time her 45 minutes and I actually clapped for myself ...... on the treadmill...... at the Y. (Yes, I'm a dork.) I was really feeling pretty good and totally in a groove so I kept going. Before yesterday, I hadn't ever done run intervals for more then about 2 miles. Just as I was supposed to run at about 47 minutes in, my towel got hung up on the emergency cord and stopped the treadmill so I scrambled to get it to my running pace. I hit another mile in just under 15 minutes. I did a little walking dance and was grinning like an idiot. I was still feeling pretty good and my heart rate was still where I wanted it to be. I kept going. I did the intervals until I hit my second mile on that go and started a cool down walk. Overall I did just over 5.25 miles in 1 hour 19 minutes!!!!!!! I was so freaking excited! I actually felt like I could have kept going but didn't for a few reasons. First, my heartrate was starting to get a bit high at then end of my runs. Second, that was already a darned big jump in time and distance and I didn't want to overdo it TOO much. Third, I had LOTS to do yesterday and had promised the boys time in the pool too!

I had some heel pain yesterday but I was dressed up so I think it was the shoes adding too it. I had some muscle burning issues in the night, not pain really - just the full awareness of use. :-)

Next weekend I plan to do 6 miles.