#IndyWomensHalf Training Update, Week 5

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Ah, Sunday night. How quickly you sneak up on me. Time to tie things up with the hopes of starting a new week off on the right foot. Literally. I have to wake up and run five miles tomorrow. Guess what I've noticed: My morning runs are getting darker. I wake up to start my runs at 6:00AM so I can be back and in the shower at 7:00AM, which gives me just enough time to get Hannah and myself out the door before check-in time at the gym. Boo to the impending arrival of Fall and the shorter days it brings with it. I'm hoping I can make it just a few more weeks with the whole running-outside-before-work thing. At least I don't have to worry about the clock on the weekends. There's no way I'd survive long runs on the treadmill.

I wasn't even sure I'd survive this weekend's long runs on the road.

1) I only ran 5.5 miles last weekend when I was supposed to do nine miles.
2) Dang, it was foggy out. Like, I couldn't see ten feet in front of me foggy.

But neither of the above made a difference. This happened:

I will be one happy runner if I can keep this up through race day. So what happened on miles one and seven? I started off slow because I wanted to push it, and because I had to get over a hill. During mile seven, my shoes came untied. Twice. #annoying

Anyway, I guess I'm on track with the training again after two weeks of being a little off And the knee is fine now. I probably just needed to really break in the Mizunos.

Question: What is your ideal race pace?