Wow....2 blog days in a row. Unbelievable! Hee Hee
I go to the gym Endurance24 over my lunch hour or after work. It's the best place to work out. If you get a chance check it out....www.endurance24.com . Jason and his wife Amy own the place. They have an awesome facility, awesome instructors, and just plain awesome attitudes! Today, I saw Jason before my workout. I was having a really bad morning and we started talking about me being crazy (literally). He's gonna run Fargo too. I told him I felt like a fraud. He suggested I do a run to see where I'm at. He asked me how far I could go without stopping. I said maybe 2 miles? He told me to set the treadmill at 6.0 mph and just run. So, I did. It was a really good lesson for me actually. I ran 4.8 miles without stopping. It was not my fastest but it was the most comfortable run I've experienced in a long time.
Why is this so great you ask? Well, when I get on the treadmill I usually set it fast....fast like I used to run, but can't handle right now. It's very defeatist if you think about it. It's that whole vision I have in my head but can't follow through in actual reality. I needed this run I had today, just to know I could do it (and to work off some aggression and find a change in attitude). That I was still a runner, that I still had time to train, that I could improve, and most importantly, that running feels good. My run felt good. It felt good. I need to reevaluate the term long slow run. You know, the runs where you just get the mileage on your legs so you can handle the fatigue, no pacing, no clock, just running. I'm so damn competitive, I always have to be better, do better than before. Jason gave me a thumbs up, laughed at my 2 mile "guess" and I smiled. I felt very accomplished. I have a base, a starting point. I can go forward, I can improve. I smiled again.....more than once. Yup, It's ok.....I'm ok.
Cheers!
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