“Everyday may not be good, but there is something good in everyday” -NA
This has been the best week yet.
Aside from the crazy chaos of the coronavirus (wow that was a lot of alliteration lol, sorry folks), this week was definitely hit with a little bit of a runner’s high perhaps?
I started the week off with a two miler on Monday after work (it was supposed to be three but it was the bachelor finale so a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do), and it was smooth! A little heavy breathing, but not painfully miserable like many other two milers have been!
Tuesday was an exciting day as I got myself a new pair of running shoes!!!! I previously was running in the Brooks levitate and loved them, but have been hearing some buzz about some new brands that are out. After some discussion with the Scheels folk, I decided to try the Hoka’s! I went with the Clifton’s, and so far so good, whoop whoop!
I tested them out for my three miler on Wednesday at AF, and it was great!! It was super humid in the gym so I was dripping like someone who just got out of the pool lol, but overall a nice run. Also the first three miler without stopping since the 5k-we’re making progress people!!! After 2.5 miles I had a bout of weakness and wanted to stop but Demi’s new song “I Love Me” got me right back in my mental space and I finished out till the end!!
As good as I was feeling about the week, anxiety crept in knowing that my Saturday long run was a five miler. I’ve never ran that far before in my life and it was terrifying me just a little…okay who am I kidding, a lot lol. I really didn’t want to have a bad run. Since I had a rough two weeks, I really wanted and needed to have a good long one.
It was a nice day for an outside run, but my confidence and toughness seems to drop when I’m outside instead of the treadmill. Weird, I know, pretty much the exact opposite of every other human. But, I felt I was in a good headspace, and with the new shoes I was a little excited even!!
I knew that slow and steady would win the race, so I set my speed at a 10 min mile. Confidence and morale was at a solid ten, I was hopeful this would carry me through to the end of the five miles. I knew I could atleast get to three miles because I had just done it a few days ago, so my mental stability was great up to those three miles. After my watch dinged at three, now I freaked out a little- we were now entering uncharted territory!! Up to 3.5 was still okay, at about 3.6 I struggled for a hot minute. It seemed like the tenth between 3.5 and 3.6 took an eternity and I still had a decent chunk to go yet. I panicked a little, had a hard time regaining my focus. Needless to say, I reeled it back in and started to feel the grove with my music again and kept telling myself “you’re gonna be so frustrated if you stop now, you’re over the halfway, just finish”!!!!
The last mile was a test, my legs were feeling tired and I just wanted to be done, but I was also extremely excited and proud of myself and knew I could do it!! So, I DID IT!!!! I ran five miles without stopping and damn it felt SO GOOD!!!!!! EEEEKKK!!!! Keep pushing people, it’s so amazing, don’t underestimate yourself 🙂
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