My run on Tuesday night was by far my best run for the whole 20 minutes and it felt fantastic. It all happened like this.
Got home at 5:45 and headed straight up stairs to get changed, normally while I am doing this I decided my run/walk times for the run coming up. Always I think this is my downfall always decide before I walk out the door when I am going to stop running. So this time didn’t give myself the chance decided there and then that THIS time I was going to run the whole twenty minutes stopping wasn’t a option. So out the door I went and into my warm up. Was feeling really good in the legs and kind of knew that I was going to do it but still was a little scared that it would be to painful afterwards but put that out of my mind and after 10 minutes started to run. Now in my little circuit that I run around my house I have a hill in it right at the 8 minute mark and if I run the whole way I’m up it by the 10 minute mark but as yet always have stopped about half way up have yet to run the whole hill. But knew if I could make it up the hill I’m half way through the 20 minutes and the rest is downhill. So after 8 minutes running I reached the hill and rather than look to the top and see how far it is which is what I always do I just turned the music up and looked at my feet by the end of the song “lose yourself” I was up and over the hill and well on my way home. Things were looking really good and my legs didn’t feel to bad although I think my paced had slipped a little I was still running and not walking. After rounding the corner of my street I know I only had 400 meters to go so picked up the pace and powered home and just as I crossed my driveway I looked at the watch and realised still had 20 seconds to go before the 20 minutes so that God I had yet to stop and ran straight past my house. That was the hardest part right there having to keep going past my house I know it was only 20 seconds but it felt like a very long time. Now all I have to do I do it AGAIN. So since I am working tonight will be going out way to early in the morning tomorrow because I know I’m not going to have a chance to run on Friday afternoon.
Current weight 95.5 (I kid you not it’s still hanging in there)
Starting Weight 101
Goal 77
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I loged on and saw the name and had to think for a minute...then it hit me, my long lost friend John:)
Good to hear from you, and if i am up to the challenge, then yep, im in all the way:)
keep up your good work, the weight will move, and you are using the right tactics with the head down music bit...good on you.xx
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