5.17 Miles
Okay, so, my 10k is coming up in 8 weeks and I haven't really been running outside, like, at all! So, Friday, I get a message from my coach that I really need to start running outside. I agree.
I worked third shift Friday, got off work Saturday morning and tried to talk myself out of going to Body Pump. The thing is, I told my new gym friend that I met two days ago that I would be there, so, I cannot go back on my word. I went home, ate breakfast and sluggishly forced myself to the gym. I worked it pretty hard. I hung out with my DS and DH for a while then off to bed I went.
I woke up at 1730 and started plotting my outside run. I had to either do it Saturday, which couldn't be a rest day now, because of Body Pump, or Sunday, which was supposed to be my rest day all along. I finally got started around 1900, late, I know. Now, before you read on, let me just let you in on something right now. I wog. I jog and walk. I don't run like conventional runners, but I get airtime when I jog and for me that counts. Thus, I say I run/ran/have run, you get the picture.
I ran along the lakefront, past the closed vendor tents from the air show that had been active earlier in the day. I ran down to Veterans Park and up the hill to the Veterans Memorial. I ran downtown past many apartment and condo buildings. I ran down a bike path you can't even see from the street. I saw people and dogs and wildflowers. I ran past a hospital. I ran past beautiful homes. I ran down a fairly steep hill. Then, I checked my phone app and it said 5.17 miles. I couldn't believe it. 5.17 miles I traveled in 1:23:28. It gauged me at a 16:09 mile. I was thrilled! I am now believing that I can do this 10k thing. Like REALLY believing it.
I immediately called my coach. I couldn't wait for her to see a message on Facebook. We were both so excited. She said, "You DO realize just how close to a 10k you are, right?" I was over the moon! It can only keep getting better from here!!!
I worked third shift Friday, got off work Saturday morning and tried to talk myself out of going to Body Pump. The thing is, I told my new gym friend that I met two days ago that I would be there, so, I cannot go back on my word. I went home, ate breakfast and sluggishly forced myself to the gym. I worked it pretty hard. I hung out with my DS and DH for a while then off to bed I went.
I woke up at 1730 and started plotting my outside run. I had to either do it Saturday, which couldn't be a rest day now, because of Body Pump, or Sunday, which was supposed to be my rest day all along. I finally got started around 1900, late, I know. Now, before you read on, let me just let you in on something right now. I wog. I jog and walk. I don't run like conventional runners, but I get airtime when I jog and for me that counts. Thus, I say I run/ran/have run, you get the picture.
I ran along the lakefront, past the closed vendor tents from the air show that had been active earlier in the day. I ran down to Veterans Park and up the hill to the Veterans Memorial. I ran downtown past many apartment and condo buildings. I ran down a bike path you can't even see from the street. I saw people and dogs and wildflowers. I ran past a hospital. I ran past beautiful homes. I ran down a fairly steep hill. Then, I checked my phone app and it said 5.17 miles. I couldn't believe it. 5.17 miles I traveled in 1:23:28. It gauged me at a 16:09 mile. I was thrilled! I am now believing that I can do this 10k thing. Like REALLY believing it.
I immediately called my coach. I couldn't wait for her to see a message on Facebook. We were both so excited. She said, "You DO realize just how close to a 10k you are, right?" I was over the moon! It can only keep getting better from here!!!
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