A recap of my 10K training

This is going to be a super boring post to most of you, but I really wanted to write this for myself. Because I set such a difficult goal last year, I trained hard, and I completed that goal, I wanted to put all of my training info in one spot for future reference.

If you missed it, back in August I set a goal to get back to my goal weight and PR my 10K (a time of 49:22 or better). I dropped the weight and reached goal (133 pounds) just before Thanksgiving, and started 10K specific training at the end of November. Last Sunday, I ran my goal race and finished in 49:03! (Early in 2015, my weight was up to 160 and my 10K pace was around 11:00/mile.) I was thrilled with the PR, and I'm still kind of in shock that I actually pulled it off.

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