As the AFC Half inches closer (it’s now 27 days away), I find myself consistently running between 9 and 11 miles on the weekends. For some reason, I’ve been getting stuck at 10.5 miles. I believe that when I’m out there with those other runners, the collective energy will help propel me the last several miles (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it). If I manage to run at a sub-9:00 minute mile pace I’ll also be happy. This weekend I made it just over nine miles through Del Mar, up through Solana Beach and I turned around just north of the main beach in Cardiff. It was a nice jaunt at just over a nine minute mile pace.
Probably my favorite part of the run was at the very end, when I walked along the beach in Del Mar and into the water. After spending three straight days in the ocean last weekend, it felt like the water temp had dropped about eight degrees (but the cool water felt great on my legs post-run). Del Mar is such a cool place, each time I visit I debate if I’m making a mistake by not living there. A couple of the drawbacks include the crazy traffic during the summer, driven by the Del Mar Fair and the racetrack. However, when I strike it rich, it’s definitely on my short list of places I’d buy my first beach front home. Especially because it has an awesome dog beach, which during my run was crammed with people playing in a bocce ball tournament. Good times.
