I had a pretty good (emotional?) breakthrough today. I had a bad run a week and half ago and I have struggled since. It was the farthest I had gone, more than 7 miles, but I was really hot, thirsty, and after 5 miles, my feet were killing me (I walked a lot, especially the last two miles). I have really been pretty down ever since. This morning, I was running to some Whitney Houston dance mixes (HAHA!) and One Moment in Time came on, which happened to not have the dance beat. I usually would change the song, but I kept it on and something really happened to me! The words, the inspiration of the song (didn't it get played during the Olympics one year? LOL) really hit me. I actually had to fight back the tears at the gym. It was just exactly what I needed to give me back my confidence and the courage that I just might be able to survive my race this weekend-- the whole reason I have been running so much. I ran a 5k a few weeks ago, but I was not training for that, I am training for this. And now it is almost here. I am nervous, worried I will pee my pants and such. Today, when I heard that song, it was right about the half hour mark, which is the longest I have run without breaks at the gym. It made me commit to ten more minutes, then when those were up, I was feeling good, so I committed to ten more. So I ran 50 minutes in a row, no breaks, which is UM yeah, my personal best ever. I have never ran that long EVER! I went to the bathroom and then ran for another 20 minutes. Outside, I wear Jody's Garmin 305 and it would take me about 80 minutes (I am *not* fast!) to run 6 miles, according to my typical stats on there. So inside, I barely cleared 4.5 miles, but in that same amount of time, I will do the race this Saturday.
2 comments:
so fun! You are doin awesome with your running! And it has been so fun hanging out with you more again!
i think your running is legend heather - you're my running hero!
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