Some of you know, but some may not, that I’ve recently started running. About three or four months ago I decided that I wanted to try to run in the Peachtree Road Race which is a 10K race (6.2 miles). I have no plans to actually COMPETE in this race, in fact, I was just interested in running the entire thing without stopping in under an hour.
I started running about three months ago and began with a 3.2 mile route. It was difficult but I was able to do it and felt good about it. Over the past three months I had only added about a mile to that run and knew that I really needed to up my distance if I was going to run the Peachtree on July 4th. I ran my first 5K race this past weekend and felt excellent at the end which was encouraging to me.
All of that to say that today I decided that I would add another mile to run which would bring me to 5.2 miles. Well, after I ran the first 3.2 I was feeling good and decided to run it again and go for the 6+ mile run.
I did it! I actually ran an extra tenth of a mile in order to get me to the 6.5 mile mark just for the fun of it. I won’t lie, I was pretty worn out afterwards and towards the end I was really pushing my body. It wasn’t so much that I was so tired and couldn’t breathe, it was just that my legs were starting to get sore which makes me realize I really need to strengthen them so I can keep adding miles to the run. I did the 6.5 miles in under 1 hour and 2 minutes. Not bad for me!
So this was a good day. I accomplished something I never thought I would be able to and will keep working at it to get better and better. I never would have thought that I would enjoy running as much as I do!
I am feeling fantastically lazy right now. While I am very proud of you, ’tis true, I haven’t been running in a stupid long time.
I blame it on the fact that I need new running shoes.
Well done, Mr. Harris.
Awesome! I tried running again a while back. I went almost a half mile! Then I felt like I needed to thow up and my vision went all blurry. I spent the nest hour laying on the bathroom floor panting while Jill got ready for work having to repeatedly step over me. I haven’t run since.
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