Runner's High

Running two half marathons, I have experienced the "Runner's High" both times. But rarely do I get the pleasure of reaching that point in a training run. I'm not sure why, maybe there's too much on my mind and no one else around me... but yesterday I was attempting to run 7 miles... (attempting because I didn't get that far) but around .5miles my brain was working against me. I had to fit the urge to stop and go back... I kept hearing a voice say "If a half mile is this hard, you can't possibly do a mile let alone seven." I hate that voice... that voice likes to dominate my thoughts.. "you can't do it, stop trying" but yesterday I said, NO NO NO... i have run 13 miles before, this isn't as hard as I'm pretending it is... and I kept going... around 1.5miles I felt it... that moment when you feel like you've reached the pinnacle and the rest is downhill (even though it's up and down on the trail) ... I started to feel STRONGER! And more comfortable... the parts that hurt at 1/4mile started to loosen up... and while I only did a total of 4.4miles... it was probably my best training run in a very long time...

Lesson learned: NEVER GIVE UP AT THE START OF THE RACE!

Just do it...

Wow... I have to say I am impressed with myself... for many of you, waking up early to go for a run before work is normal. For me, well... let's just say I rarely wake up early these days since I haven't had a full time job... but today I set the alarm for 7:30am... and only snoozed once! I was out running by 7:47am!! I did 2 miles in 25 minutes, which isn't great but it's better than ZERO!

Gotta be ready for Saturday's 11k!... stay tuned

It's been too long

Hey, readers and friends!!

Sorry it's been so long since I blogged... just life getting in the way...

but I ran my first race in Vibrams on Saturday... the Race for the Cure 5k in Winston-Salem, NC...

I was a little nervous because I had not run that far in the vibrams yet, but I was determined to push through the pain (if there was any) and run to the end...

Here's the thing... the entire first mile was UP HILL... at a fairly steep grade... so I had to stop towards the top and walk up because I was not going to sprain my ankle for a charity 5k...

All in all it was a good race... a lot warmer than I am used to for races... in the 70s!! so I was happy with my 37mins finish...

My thoughts about the vibrams.... I'm definitely happy I have them... and will continue to train, hopefully running the Philly in them in November... but weirdness in the muscles in my feet... and strange blister on the side of my foot... I need to keep working with them... I'm not particularly happy that they are super tight on my ankle and i have to wear bandaids so they dont cut the back of my ankle/heel... but that could be my fault for buying the clearance ones online instead of the $100 in-store that I tried on...

so... vibrams... To Be Continued....