I reached an important milestone in my training. My long run this morning was 10 miles! The photo on the right is what my GPS watch recorded…I think it’s pretty neat. I labeled my house (kinda hard to read) with an line/arrow pointing to it and the pretty rainbow colors indicate elevation. I think red is highest, goes through the color spectrum, and purple is the lowest (sea level).

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Last night, I was actually nervous about today’s run. That’s probably why I got up at 5:15 this morning without the alarm. Jes also got up at 4:30 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. Maybe he was nervous for me too. Since we were up, we had just enough time to eat some oatmeal, digest, and be out the door by 7:30. Jes ran the first 4 miles with me before heading home to finish a 5-mile run and then my neighbor, who will be running the San Diego Half Marathon too, joined me around the 4-mile mark. The run was slow at first…I hate the first mile. Then my legs finally woke up and the pace picked up a bit. At about Mile 8, my legs were getting tired but I took a little bite of my Balance Bar, took a swig of Gatorade, and finished the run. I finished in 1:46, which is under my 11:00/mile goal pace. Yay!