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| 1 hour, 31 minutes, 31 seconds-1049 calories burned-- OOH RAH! |
There was a time, only a little over a year and a half ago, when I couldn't run more than 1/8th of a mile. Today I ran 9 miles. I ran 8 two weeks ago, so I just took the speed down a tenth of a mile and decided today I would run 9. That voice in my head tried to tell me "You can run 6 today. An hour of running is a good workout. You don't NEED to run 9. That half-marathon you're working towards isn't until October..." She only said that a few times, but I won out. I just listened to my music, watched MTV (the gym got 8 cable channels back for the aerobic equipment, better than nothing!) and plugged away. I definitely do the numbers game, breaking everything up, to see how far I've gone, trying not to concentrate TOO much on how much I have LEFT to go. My favorite part, other than hitting the stop button and jumping onto the rails? Seeing people come and go on my neighboring treadmills as I go at it!
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And I hit 500 miles on Daily Mile today!!! That's since July 31st! That includes running, the arc trainer and all of my walks.
ReplyDeleteWow! I admire your persistence. :)
ReplyDeleteSchwing! Awesomsauce! I look forward to being able to run nine miles straight again. I remember those days with great fondness.
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! Congratulations on reaching this milestone!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's AWESOME Linda!! You should be so proud of yourself. Do I sense double digits in the near future? ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, double digits would mean trying to figure out how to override the treadmill since it counts down from 96 minutes, or breaking up the run, or running outside, or running faster! Hmmmm...
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