Benchmark Run #2

On Tuesday we ran 2 miles at the Diablo Valley College track to see if we've improved from our last 2 mile benchmark run 8 weeks ago. Last time I ran the 2 miles in a little over 18 minutes - so a nice and steady 9 minute+ pace. And this time I ran the 2 miles in 16 minutes, which means that I took off over 2 minutes! It doesn't break any records, but it would qualify me for the Presidential Fitness award for the mile if I were still in grade school :).

I've noticed that even as I add more miles to my long Saturday runs, I've still been able to stay around a 9 mile pace. But our longest run has only been 11 miles so far, so we'll see if I can keep it up as we continue to add mileage.

We have to meet at 6 am this Saturday morning (so waking up at 5 am) to drive out to Livermore for our long run. It's brutal getting up that early on a Saturday morning, but it's supposed to be a pretty run through orchards and vineyards. I still don't think that it will make it any less painful when the alarm goes off on Saturday morning!

A vineyard in Livermore, CA: