So this week was a lot better than last! I changed my runs up to Wednesday, Friday to accommodate my work/school schedule and I think I'm going to keep that schedule for the most part with my long run on Sundays. It just seems to work better for me.
Wednesday - 30 min run. 30 minutes/2.1 miles completed. So as I've mentioned before, I've had an anxiety disorder and running is a way I desensitize myself to some of the sensations that usually trigger panic attacks for me. I talked with my therapist about the heart palpitations and anxiety I was feeling and her suggestion was to not slow down and keep pushing instead (Note: I've had multiple check-ups and am for all intents and purposes completely healthy, so pushing more is not a health risk for me). So for this run, I did. I was on a treadmill again, which was terrible, so decided to stop my intervals halfway through and just run the last 16 minutes. I didn't go any faster, but I did run continuously for 16 minutes which felt pretty good.
Friday - 30 min run. 2.3 miles completed at a 13 min/mile avg. pace. I switched up my intervals for this run to 90/60 and it seemed to go pretty well. Sped up a little but still felt really good.
Sunday - 6.5 miles planned/6.5 miles completed. I'll be honest, I was dreading this run. After my terrible 5 miler last week, I was worried this would be more of the same, but it wasn't at all. It actually felt really, really good. It was a balmy 26 degrees here, so I did this run outside. The sun was shining and I went back to my 1/1 intervals. I finished in 1:27, so for an average of 13:23 min/mile. My splits were:
Mile 1: 13:08
Mile 2: 13:11
Mile 3: 13:27
Mile 4: 13:31
Mile 5: 13:36
Mile 6: 13:30
Last .5: 6:43
All in all, I was really, really happy with this run. It felt good, I didn't panic and actually enjoyed myself. Half-way to 13!
And in non-training news, we bought our WDW tickets so we can connect them to
MDE and get our fastpasses set up as soon as our window opens! We're getting closer!!