Wednesday, February 13, 2013

W1D1: Smiling at the half-mile

I got off to a bad start this week.

My first day of running was supposed to be yesterday.

I just didn't have make time for it.

In the past, it's been hard for me to run before noon. I'm a night person accustomed to running in the afternoon or evening (when XC and track practices and meets would be). But I work evenings. Enter conundrum.

But I ran today. It was only a mile, but it felt great.




I was at 4:11 at the half-mile mark. I can't remember the last time I ran a 4-minute half mile. I think I had some help from Coldplay's Paradise (a surprisingly great running song) blasting through my earbuds on repeat.

Of course, I paid for it on the second leg, slowing down to a 6:24 second half-mile, but it still was encouraging. 

At some point, I'll be doing two 4-minute half miles. 

And that makes me smile.

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