This morning I went out and ran 9.5 miles - my longest run yet. And it.kicked.my.ass. Literally. It is now 4:00pm and my legs and butt are still hurting. I don't think that I have felt this bad during or after a run up to this point. In fact, things have been going so well that last night as I was reading about marathons in Runner's World, I actually had the thought in my stupid head, "THAT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD." OMG, what? Has running fried my brain cells? This morning was a real wake-up call for me. I finished it though and didn't walk a bit, even though I contemplated it.
After a run, and after the half-marathon, I want to be able to say that I "ran" it, not "finished" it. That may be silly, but it's what I've gotten in my head as the goal that I want to accomplish. I have gotten past fretting over my ever slower pace and I don't have a time-goal in my head at all for the half-marathon. I haven't even tried to figure out what an average time is or what my time would be if I ran a certain pace per mile. Right now I'm just concentrating on running, one foot in front of the other, for 13.1 miles.
Like a waterfall in slow motion, Part One
1 year ago
3 comments:
You're doing great! Don't be too hard on yourself. We all have runs we don't feel our best. You're going to do awesome in the half-marathon!!!
-Amy (alm0407)
No walking = amazing. You're going to rock the 1/2 :)
-Jackie (terp)
Wow, good for you! My goal is to run more 10K's. I'm a little too old for a half marathon or anything longer. LOL!! I know what you mean about wanting to completely run it instead of finish it. Not sure how I stumbled upon your blog, but I'll stop in again to watch your progress. Keep up the good work. :)
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