Mile by mile is more like it. THREE today - I'm fairly sure that's the most I've ever run, ever. Make no mistake about it, running three miles is tough. My legs began to tense up right about 2.3 or 2.5 or so, and for the first time in this whole running extravaganza, I actually felt my body compelling me to walk. A few times I had to mentally overcome that feeling, and to be honest I'm not sure how I did it. I did walk a bit. When we got to Fairfax for the second time, I had to stop bouncing up and down until the light turned. I don't really regret that, but believe it or not, I'm sitting here wondering why I did it....
Another first - running three miles takes a fairly significant amount of time (I judge significant amounts of time by lengths of TV shows. So running 3 miles is more than an episode of The Office, which is pretty damn long). I experienced for the first time something I'm slightly dreading as these runs become longer - what am I going to do with all that time to myself? The marathon, if I get there, will take me more than five hours to complete. What the hell am I going to do for five hours? I welcome your suggestions.
This brings me to my wish list. It might be a bit personal, but today I ran in briefs (from H&M) for the first time and found it much more comfortable- cross that off the list. Next up:
-New pair of running shoes...........I've been walking, hiking, and running in these old New Balance shoes for a long time now, and it's high time I got a pair of shoes that's meant for my style of walking/running, and one that doesn't feel a little too small.
-iPod nano............I just have to have something to entertain myself while I'm running or else I know I wont get to the marathon. Music will help; I think even better than that will be downloading podcasts to listen to.
-Nike+..............makes running into a video game, and let's face it, that's just too friggin cool.
The best news of the day: I just ran about 5k. Today I registered to run the Nike Human Race 10k. Now I know I can do half of it.
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