It has been a busy couple of weeks, although not exactly physically active ones. I am going to make a point of writing at least a little something every day now. Part of this is for the triathlon and part for the C25K at church.
Today I took advantage of the relative warmth (50 degrees) and sunshine and went for a run. I thought I would mix it up a little and take a different route than I have been running lately. I used MapMyRun.com to determine the distances. West River to Meridian through Hawthorne Glen is a mile. From that point down to Lake and back is a mile. From that point up to Bellevue is a mile. So there are a variety of ways to do a 3-mile run with an option to extend the distance.
Although I went out with the idea of running 3, but making the extension decision as I came up to the 2-mile mark (Meridian and Hawthorn Glen) after going down to Lake and back. I was feeling good at that point, breathing well and heart rate near the top of my working range but not straining past it. So I decided to add on the mile. Anything I did after getting back to Hawthorn Glen would be extra and I could always complete the run with some walking. It's all good.
As it happens, I started having some foot discomfort right about the 3 and 1/2 mile point and had to ease up to a walk. I did my 4 miles in 1 hour 4 minutes, or an average pace of 16 minutes per mile. I 'm okay with that!
I was thinking about when I started and could barely gasp my way through a half mile. My goal was to be able to run one mile on a regular basis. Now that is no big deal at all. It's astonishing, really, when I think of it in those terms.
Next on my to-do list is to get signed up at the Flat Rock Community Center and get the swimming going. I guess I should go all Nike on that and "just do it."
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