Double run

Hi everyone! I only have time to quickly recap this morning's run...here we go!

My Garmin still won't hook up to my computer (I got a computer virus over the weekend), so I set my watch up to tell me my splits at every half mile instead of every whole mile. I only had 1.5 miles scheduled for this morning and I wanted to know how fast I did the last .5 mile.

I ended up not needing to set up my watch like that though because as I was approaching 1.5 miles I decided I wasn't ready to stop. 1.5 miles quickly turned in to 2. But why stop there right?! Before I knew it I had done a 3 mile run! Oops! (at least it was a good oops!) Here are my splits, broken down by half miles:

0-.5: 7:43 (warm up)
.5-1: 8:07 (warm up)
Mile 1 Total:  15:50 (warm up)
1-1.5: 4:20
1.5-2: 4:21
Mile 2 Total: 8:41
2-2.5: 4:23
2.5-3: 4:34
Mile 3 Total: 8:57
3-3.5: 4:29
3.5:4: 4.24
Mile 4 Total: 8:53
4-4.5: 8:13 (cool down)
4.5-5: 7:52 (cool down)
Mile 5 Total: 16:05 (cool down)
5-5.09: 1:31
For a grand total of 5.09 miles in exactly 1 hour

My leg feels really sore now and I don't want to hurt myself so I will definitely be more careful in the coming weeks. Because of this run, I will be increasing my mileage by more than 10% this week. A lot of running experts say not to do this. I'm going to stick to my plan for the week anyway (1.5 miles on Thursday, 4 on Saturday or Sunday) but I'll be careful and listen to my legs.

See ya!

--Melissa