Week 5: check.

I just finished week 5 of my training with a fantastic 10 mile run! Even though I wasn't really looking forward to doing it this morning, it turned out pretty well and I'm glad I put in all the effort I did. I can tell that I'm getting in better shape because I'm not nearly as sore or tired as I have been in the past, or thought I would be today after 10 miles. Yay for progress!
The other thing that made me really happy is that I shaved off 30 minutes from the last time I ran 10 miles, which was mid May.
In order to have a good run this morning I decided to pay closer attention to my trusty marathon book...and I think it worked. It says to start drinking gatorade 2 hours before the run, during the run, and for 3 hours after the run. (8 oz per every 2 miles ran after the first hour of running). I had to wake up extra early this morning to start running before it got too hot, and my plan was to start running at 6:45. So I woke up at 5:30 to drink a bunch of gatorade, in hopes of getting it out of my system before leaving. (I am absolutely paranoid of the feeling of having to go to the bathroom while running. It's amazing the things you will consider/actually do when miles away from a bathroom...) Waking up so early is reeaaally not very fun, I was sitting on the side of my bed at 5:30 this morning drinking gatorade thinking "this is ridiculous." But it worked.
I also made it up my Doomsday Hill again! I was perhaps a little more optimistic this time hoping it would be easier, but it wasn't. Maybe next time. :)
Somewhere between miles 6 and 8 I decided to try a little mind game to pass the time: the abc game. I think everyone has played some sort of version of this but today I picked things I'm thankful for: Aayla, Ameira, Books, Bottles of water, Coby, Cups of gatorade...etc. (can ya tell I was thirsty...?)
After mile 8 I ran by the house to grab a drink of gatorade, and then finished the last 2 miles nice and strong. This is only the second time I've ever ran 10 miles before, so in just a couple more weeks I will start running further than I ever have before. Exciting!