Well, the 8-miler went pretty well. I didn’t finish in 90 minutes, but came pretty close (92 minutes and change). And that was with a long break at on water stop about halfway through the run to talk to Carrie and Kimberly, who are taking a break from TNT right now.
I did a 5/1 run/walk interval for the most part, but my running partner, Patti, doesn’t like to take walk breaks, so there were times when we skipped it. I felt pretty strong during the run and probably should have run the whole thing, but I want to use my long runs to simulate marathon pacing, which is why I am trying to do a run/walk @ 11:25 minutes per mile. I think this is possible. I just need to lose a little weight to make it easier on my body.