Pushing

Ahhh....Yesterday was tough in terms of pushing myself to work out. I kept putting it off and putting it off. Finally I dragged myself onto the treadmill (it was too dark to run outside after I got back from work) and did my workout. A little warm up--then a 2 mile walk at 1.5 incline--and then a little cool down. Some stretching, and done.

It was a very easy workout, but I think it helped a lot of my soreness.

I've got another 3.5 mile run today, Friday is a rest day, and then I think I'm going to do my long run on Saturday. Cross training Sunday. I think my long runs are better after a rest day then after a cross training day.

6 miles.

I had a weird experience last night. I was driving from my parent's house to my place. I looked at the trip odometer and decided to see how far 10 miles would take me. First I looked for the 5 mile marker, to get a sense of how far my last long run was. When you run a loop, or out and back from a starting point it really messes up your sense of distance. In a straight line 5 miles is FAR. As I kept driving and driving and the numbers turned over slowly I was really amazed at how far I was able to run. And TEN miles is twice the distance!

What's strange though is that during my training after the 4 mile long run I reached a point where I'm like: "Oh well, what's one more mile added on top of that?" When 3 miles were my long run I never thought 5 miles would be possible. Now I'm thinking 6 miles won't be that bad.

I must be out of my mind. :3