A Whole New World

Monday-10 miles
Tuesday-60 min.
Wednesday-off
Thursday-20 min.
Friday-40 min.
Saturday-80 min.

Today I ran 10 miles for the first time in my life.  WOW!!  I didn't know my legs could feel like that.  After about five miles I tasted the grease from lunch, at seven miles it all fell apart.  At eight miles I almost quit, but I dug deep and kept going.  At 8.25 miles there is a hill that lasts 1/2 a mile!  As I was running up it two turtles and a sloth passed me and did not have a lot of nice things to say.  I got to the top of that hill and made it to the 9 mile mark and it was smooth sailing from there.  Okay, so maybe it wasn't quite as smooth as one would like.  The tenth mile.  Unless you've really experienced this, it is hard to explain.  My legs felt tingly and then hot.  It was hard to walk straight and everything inside me hurt.  This is the litmus test.  After experiencing this, do I really want to run a marathon?  I believe the answer would have to be yes.

Hard Run/Schedule

Tuesday-4 miles
Wednesday-60 min. run
Thursday-5 miles
Friday-6 mile
Saturday-off
I originally was going to be off on Wednesday and run on Monday but the thunderstorms that came through put a damper on that.  This really stretches me for where I am at.
Shifting thoughts-
Today was brutal.  I only ran the 4 miles but when I started my legs hurt a little.  I thought it would go away as I ran but it continued.  I had a nice breeze at my back on my two miles heading out.  On the way back it was torture.  The wind, about 15 mph, was in my face and my legs hurt.  For the last mile my body wanted to quit.  I kept thinking that the nice part about running is that there is rest tonight and there is tomorrow.  I thought of everything I could to keep me running and it worked.  My last two miles were slow but hey, it's something.  I did recruit someone to possibly run the marathon with me in October.  He is a guy I work with and hopefully it pans out and we can train together.  Just think about that, a training partner!  That's an exciting thought.  One thought that is even better, my wife is smoking hot!!

Listening While Running

Tonight I went on a 20 min. run.  I've been doing less than this but Holy Spirit told me to go slower and stretch my distance and time some.  He told me to not be concerned with speed right now, but to focus on getting some distance under my belt.  Also, He told me that if I'm going to be running then I need to take it more serious.  I need to let Him train me and to run at His expectations and not mine.  Looks like things are going to be picking up.  I will be posting my workout routines for the week on Monday and will let myself be treated like I'm being trained.  I look forward to October.

Running Again

Today I got the chance to start running again.  For the last month I have been focused on track with my guys and today was my first day post-practice.  I only ran ten minutes, which equaled a little more than 1.3 miles and it was tiring.  I am out of shape but am looking forward to getting back into shape.  Kind of a boring post but it is exciting to get back on track.