Wow. I started running again. Saturday's run was ....... not the best run. Today's run..... was better. :) I got up early this morning, with my amazingly cheerful better half, and we hit Magnuson park together. She walked and I ran. In an incredible show of support of my running, she surprised me with this awesome Nike plus thingie for my shoe. It syncs to my Ipod touch and when I plug it into the computer, I can keep track of all running, pace, time, etc. It is really motivating. On Saturday, I averaged a 13:40 mile. Today, I averaged an 11:40 mile. At one point, I looked down to see that I was pushing hard to a really good song..... pushing a 9:40 pace hard. :) All in all, it was a good morning. We ran in the darkness, trying to follow the trail of streetlights and safe sidewalks. I'm grateful to have someone to be out there with. It makes it less lonesome to know I'm not by myself in this.
I'm going to do this. I'm going to get fit. I'm going to be healthy. I'm going to continue running... and remember how it feels to run.... just for the fun of running. Just to go FAST. Just to feel what it is to be ALIVE. I miss when running felt like that. Today, when I looked down to see that 9:40..... and I was rocking out to a great song.... I remembered that feeling for a moment.
Song of the Day: Galvanize by Chemical Brothers
Great running song...
-Stacey
4 comments:
Go - Stacey - Go!! Rah, rah, we are cheering for you!
Love the sarcasm as to how cheerful I was. sorry I was a little grumpy. :)
I wasn't being sarcastic. You are a really good morning person. Really. :)
thanks for the accountability! Let's grab this by the horns sista...keep up the good work and we can check in...I've got your's bookmarked so I'm holding you to this. I may do Eugene too but I've got a lot of mental work to do as well before committing to that. GREAT JOB!
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