I ran last night, FIVE MILES in about 54 mins!! Why - Because I felt like RUNNING!!! WOW, that is just such a wierd thing for me to say. I wasn't running a race with friends, I just WANTED to go out and RUN! Had the feeling all day long that I wanted to run so even though it was raining when I got home I said, nope, I'm still going to run!
Got my phone all set up with a few new songs and off I went. Started out feeling GREAT and thought I was going at a slower - but decent pace. It's always in the back of my mind to not push to hard because when it comes time to run the Army Ten Miler I'll want to pace myself good to get through the whole thing!
So when I hit the 1 mile mark - per the GPS on mapmyrun, it said I did it in like 9:45! WHAT? WOW! Thats Awesome but I was Trying to go SLOWER!!! LOL So then I did slow down a bit. Texted a quick minute with the neighbor to see if she wanted to join me and then started to run again. I did a lot of walk/run/walk and it felt Great!!
When I hit the 3 mile mark I said I'm going to watch my miles/time and take a picture of when I hit 3.1 because I knew I was at a GREAT time for me. Sure enough, 3.1 in 32something minutes!! WHY Can't I do that IN a RACE??!!! LOL
I was still feeling great so I said I'm going to keep going and see if I can do 5 miles! By the time 5 miles hit, it was raining harder, I was soaking wet and I felt bad that I hadn't cooked dinner for the family yet so I called it good. I could have kept going, oh yes, I could have!! I can't even put into words what that felt like to know I could Keep Going!!!
I'm not worried about completeing the Army Ten Miler now in the time frame but I am concered about not being able to have my music! Music is what Keeps me GOING through it all! I've had SO MUCH on my mind lately (losing job is at the top! and then my weight gain and a lot more) that I just tried as hard as I could to clear my head and just Get Lost in the Music! It felt GREAT! So I guess I, Dawn LaBay, can I say I am a runner!
Got my phone all set up with a few new songs and off I went. Started out feeling GREAT and thought I was going at a slower - but decent pace. It's always in the back of my mind to not push to hard because when it comes time to run the Army Ten Miler I'll want to pace myself good to get through the whole thing!
So when I hit the 1 mile mark - per the GPS on mapmyrun, it said I did it in like 9:45! WHAT? WOW! Thats Awesome but I was Trying to go SLOWER!!! LOL So then I did slow down a bit. Texted a quick minute with the neighbor to see if she wanted to join me and then started to run again. I did a lot of walk/run/walk and it felt Great!!
When I hit the 3 mile mark I said I'm going to watch my miles/time and take a picture of when I hit 3.1 because I knew I was at a GREAT time for me. Sure enough, 3.1 in 32something minutes!! WHY Can't I do that IN a RACE??!!! LOL
I was still feeling great so I said I'm going to keep going and see if I can do 5 miles! By the time 5 miles hit, it was raining harder, I was soaking wet and I felt bad that I hadn't cooked dinner for the family yet so I called it good. I could have kept going, oh yes, I could have!! I can't even put into words what that felt like to know I could Keep Going!!!
I'm not worried about completeing the Army Ten Miler now in the time frame but I am concered about not being able to have my music! Music is what Keeps me GOING through it all! I've had SO MUCH on my mind lately (losing job is at the top! and then my weight gain and a lot more) that I just tried as hard as I could to clear my head and just Get Lost in the Music! It felt GREAT! So I guess I, Dawn LaBay, can I say I am a runner!
