Well. This running lark is beginning to pay off.
On Tuesday, I did another 3 miles and this time used the Garmin satnavthingy watch that Running Mate loaned me. I have a 2 mile circuit which I had done 1.5 of on Saturday - but found the temptation to stop at the end of lap 1 very great as I was almost at my front door - it took Herculean strength to will myself to run another mile in the opposite direction.
So this time, I used the Garmin to show me how far I had travelled and managed a 3 mile route door to door.
The Garmin also showed me my pace - I LOVE knowing this! It deeply appeals to the control freak in me, and I managed 3 miles in bang on 30 mins. Not only did I manage 10 minute splits, but I did this whilst running without the mad lady occupying my thoughts, convincing me I was about to die every 3 minutes. I found a little bit of joy in digging deep, and found myself running from a place of determination and strength for the majority of the run.
This is some breakthrough for me.
I am used to staggering through 80% of my runs. Feeling as if I am a tourist in the the Oz-like land of running, where the munchkins are replaced with gaunt, haunted looking fast people and I am a flushed looking, staggering Dorothy who appears to have gone 10 rounds with the wicked witch of the west.
But on Tuesday, I began to feel like the wizard maybe has a point. I know I'm not fast. But I knew I had what that run required. And I went out and ran it.
And it felt good.
My good friend Jamie made a comment that the mad woman I described in my earlier post was a voice that thought she was keeping me safe - when in fact, that voice was just holding me back.
It's amazingly powerful when other folk point something out that you knew for yourself - it's not till someone else articulates it that you manage to shift it.
****in further leg news****
I'm learning the importance for me to warmup, stretch then run, cool down and stretch. I've never much bothered with warm ups and stretching before the run before. But I'm finding I'm getting nasty adductor strain if I don't. Shin a little bit niggly, so planning on replacing tomorrow's run with a spin and some weights instead and have booked in to see The Good Witch of the North (aka Claire the physio).
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