The sun is now trying her hardest to peek through the cloud cover and I was fortunate enough to get a nanny at the last minute (read~my brother is coming over to watch the kids, drink our juice and play on the computer) while I go for a run. I just mapped out a 4.5 mile route and am sort of nervous about it. Up until now I've been doing 3.5 miles fairly regularly, BUT, and this is a big but, I have been doing 2 identical loops. I run the length of the boulevard and back again and then repeat. This started because obviously in the beginning I could only do one length before I had to return home due to exhaustion, or just the idea of it. I remember quite clearly the very first day I got back to the house and decided to keep running. I could hardly believe it at the time, but I coaxed myself along by muttering "one more block, just one more...." in my head until I had had somehow repeated the entire loop for a second time. Ever since then, this route has been my comfort zone and I have let myself go on believeing that the first loop is the actual goal and anything else is simply extra. Plus, I have the option of stopping after the first go round if I am too tired to continue. This has never happened, but I still like the idea of it, as I've already mentioned, I am a girl who likes to have an escape route, an emergency exit if you will.
Well today, for the first time, I am crossing 60th and not turning back until I get over 2 miles out. I am breaking down the mental barriers that stand guard at the intersection down the road. Today, I am running into Tosa.
Hey Sam, my friend Bill uses this mapping program and links it to facebook so we see what he's running everyday. He's gone from 3 something miles to 5 something miles and he has little kids too. Here's his profile on runkeeper http://runkeeper.com/user/Chuwilli/activities
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!
Grace