On the Stage

I ran again last night, yay me! I did another 3 miles...and again, it was hard. It's pretty much just going to be hell for 3 or 4 weeks and then hopefully it'll get easier. Didn't help that I had a headcold and so I was tired and also, the last half mile was a dead run against the wind and it took every bit of will power to continue and not just quit. Many, many times I thought about stopping and just facing defeat for the night. One time I even thought, "Maybe running just isn't for me." But I can't quit, I don't want to quit, I just want it to be easy right away and it's just not going to be.

I guess another reason it seemed harder is we cut a minute off from Tuesday. I came in at 31:40 today. Still 10:33/mile average...that needs to improve a lot, but I'm just starting so I am ok with it.

My friend I'm running with is a tri-athlete, so he ran with me until the end then he burst ahead...I'm waiting for when 3 miles is that comfortable for me. I'm sure he finished a minute more ahead of me, I'm just glad he's running with me and I have someone to run with

Gotta keep going, keep churning those legs.