Two and a half miles is a little surreal still. I never dreamed I'd actually make it to week 7. Monday was pretty painful. I was literally praying for a water fountain to pop up. I've noticed that weeks where I don't hydrate are the absolute worst. I can feel a huge difference on days where I have drank enough water compared to days where I haven't. I remember saying to Bethany, "Why don't people put water fountains in their front yard?"
Tuesday was not near as bad. I drank a lot to try to prepare myself. We had to run late in the afternoon, but it was a really good run. I've found it is so much easier to run when we have stuff to talk about. I've gotten to the point where if I'm distracted I feel like I could run forever. I love that feeling.
Thursday at clinical someone spilled some water on the floor and I busted it. At the time it was hilarious, and it didn't hurt at all. When I woke up Friday morning, though, my knee was killing me. I was really sad because Friday was our running day. I chose to skip out and try to rest my knee for at least a day. That meant that I wouldn't be able to do Day 3 with Bethany because she had to work all weekend. This morning I set out on Day 3 run...alone. I wasn't really looking forward to that. I chose not to bring my iPod and just to enjoy the run. Enjoy I did. It wasn't an easy run, but it was bearable. At about a mile my shins literally felt like they were splitting. It was very painful, but I just ran through it. It seems like if I keep running when something is hurting it eventually goes away. By the time I got to 1.5 miles I didn't feel my shins anymore. I was going downhill, though, and that put a lot of impact on my knee. It didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would, but it did hurt. Needless to say I finished my first long run by myself, and I didn't hate it. I missed Bethany, but I know I will be able to run by myself.
Right now, my knee is hurting pretty bad so I'm going to rest it tomorrow and hopefully be ready for Monday's 2.75 miles! I am so excited to be so close to finished!
Goodbye week 7. :)
If I'm going on long runs, I bring my iPod and listen to audiobooks. The runs just seem to drag on if I don't have a book or at least some music to listen to. Chip doesn't run with music or anything... so to each his own I guess. Having to run without listening to anything is just sooo tedious for me... seems like it takes forever!
ReplyDeleteAnd by "close to finished" you must mean with the training. Because I'd say, you're just getting started. :)
ReplyDelete