Sunday's 5K has motivated me. I would like to run a 10K by the end of the year. I had set a goal of adding a mile a month to my distance. My longest so far was 4.1 at River Legacy Park. Before Sunday I had gotten lazy and used the excuse of it being in the mid to upper 80s as an excuse not to run.
Last night after work it was nice and cool. I drove home, changed, and went to South Lakes Park. It is a 1.5 mi loop (I measured 1.45mi on google earth) and I had been doing 2 laps plus an 1/8th mile. It has been a couple weeks since I have ran at this park and it was almost dark when I got there around 7pm. The temp was in the 60's with a nice cool breeze. I parked my car and set my stopwatch on my phone (my watch is dead). I walked up the trail then headed in a clockwise loop (I usually do it counter-clockwise). After the first half mile I got into a good pace and felt pretty good. Once I got around the back half I started to have a pain in my upper right side of my abdomen/lower rib cage. I read online once to take deep controlled slow breaths. It helped and I finished my first lap. The second lap I was in the zone and when I finished it I didn't feel like I was forcing myself like I felt in the past. I decided to keep going for a 3rd lap. Towards the end of the 3rd lap I started to feel like I had to push a little extra but felt I could keep going. I decided to stop after three since that is 4.5 miles and my calf hurt the last time I did 4.1 miles.
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