Wow. Wow. Wow. I don't know what happened tonight but my last run and this run were like polar opposites. Tonight I went out to the canal and ran the ENTIRE 4.5 miles. I never stopped, I never walked, and most importantly.. I was never uncomfortable. I kept my breathing under control, I kept my pace where I knew I could maintain it. I felt myself slip into that aerobic exercise where I felt like I could have run for ever. This makes me elated with joy. I remember having this feeling when I used to run, and it was a common thing. I'm getting there, getting back to where I was when I WAS a runner. I could just scream! I'm so happy! This is a HUGE accomplishment for me. Huge. I finally realized that I need to slow down and put my head somewhere else and before I knew it, I was done! It was the closest thing I ever done to meditating. I can't even explain it, and i'm almost afraid I won't be able to do it again ( even though I know its not true). I guess it just boggles my mind how awful my last run was, and how great this one was. It was amazing!
Here are tonights stats:
Total Mileage--4.5 Miles (Ran ALL)
Temperature-- a nice 82 degrees. It had just stormed like crazy, so the canal was a wet, muddy mess.
Start time: 6:25pm
1st mile end: 6:36pm (11 minutes)
2nd mile end: 6:48pm (11 minutes)
3rd mile end: 7:00pm (12 minutes)
4th mile end: 7:11pm (11 minutes)
Another thing I noticed tonight was that I didn't want to stop running. Technically I could have stopped at my last mile marker..I knew I still had a quarter of a mile or so to go, but I didn't want to stop. This is exactly the opposite of how I've been in the past! I've always counted down the steps until I could stop. I really feel like I've hit some sort of breakthrough and I'm so so happy!! Yay me!
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