Will Run For Ice Cream

Forward is a pace. No, really, forward is a pace. I sometimes have to remind myself of that little phrase. Yes, there was a time that I pulled paces in the 8's and 9's were easy. Lately, 12 minute miles are sometimes a struggle. I felt like I was flying, glanced at my garmin, and I was hovering around an 11 minute mile. At first I felt myself starting to get discouraged, but I immediately stopped that negativity. Regardless of the pace or the distance, I was moving forward. And the important thing was that I was MOVING . With Hubby's work schedule, and Lil Man

I noticed something about myself - when I use my FitSnap App  or post about my runs, I have a tendency to only post the pace when I feel that they are a ' decent ' pace for me. But you know, not every run is a 10 minute mile or less. So to only show my 'faster' pace runs... well.. it isn't a true representation or me or my running. And it got me to thinking about how I should be proud of all of my workouts - regardless of pace or distance. When I am trail running, I don't really think about pace. I would like to do the same thing when it comes to road running. Of course I want to improve. But I don't want to get hung up on pace. For me that is one big different between trail and road running - and I think it's one reason why I am enjoying trail running so much right now. Because it's just about the run...