And One for the Spirit

Ah Runs…

Nothing like a run to make you feel alive and great. It is about time too. I’m maybe finding the joy of running again, and not just the “running cause I have to get my training in”…Today I was going to elliptical train and/or treadmill run and strength train because it’s Monday and typically Monday, Wednesday and Friday are for that. Well, today I just felt too good for that. I really, really wanted to run. And outside. Thankfully I brought along warm weather clothes…it wasn’t bad out, probably low 40s, I was in tights, lightweight windbreaker pants, a 3 season top and one underlayer top and was fine. I had a headband for my ears and gloves on, which I finally had to ditch about 4 miles in cause my hands were too warm. The run felt great. I ran around our island at work. It’s about .65 around and I was going to run 4 and then strength train, but ended up doing 6 and skipping the strength which I’ll do tomorrow along with the yoga I skipped this morning. I decided with the way the week is, I’m only going to get two sessions in anyway and if I do it tomorrow I can go either Friday or Saturday and it will be fine. So that’s what I’m doing. Besides, I really, really wanted to run today. And I ran at an 8:33 pace for the 6 miles…that’s day 4 in a row of running too. I suppose I really better take tomorrow off running (will cross-train instead) but it’s going to be hard cause it’s going to be nice out…I’m just so happy that these miles are going so well and feel so easy at that 8:30 pace…if I can keep this up, maybe soon 8:15 will feel easy. It makes me question the distances, and question Garmin, but I know the paths, they are the same ones I’ve always run (except the Island at work) and I know the times are changing, even if the distances were off, which they aren’t…Heck, I don’t trust the times on a race, so suppose it’s not unusual to not trust my own timing and distances not racing!!