Day 15 – Whew, I don’t know if I can do that again . . .three miles
is hard! It was both windy and humid today, I feel so icky now. It was such a
busy weekend, I just want to rest.
Day 16 – Whew again. I ran faster today, but it was still very
windy. I’ve decided three miles is just too long, I don’t know how long I can
keep this up. My knees, hips, and ankles were all not happy with me at the
start of the run today . . .this is not a good sign.
Day 17 – Today I took it a little bit slower. My legs were very
tight. I think I’ve reached point where my body is telling me I need to take a
break. Well TOO BAD body, you have a lot of running to do yet! I really don’t
understand why anyone does this for fun; I did not enjoy it today at all. My
legs finally loosened up after about 2.75 miles . . .that figures. Another
thing that made today more difficult was that my shoe came untied after about a
mile and a half. I probably should have stopped to tie it, but that is against
my strict unwritten rule that “Thou shalt not stop”. What have I gotten myself
into?
Day 18 – So while I ran today I managed to rant to my husband for
the entire time (trust me, with the nonsense that was going on at work, you
would be ranting too). Usually I’m very against talking while I run, but this
was something I definitely had to get out, so rant I did. Of course this made
my time much slower (the slowest mile time yet), but it made running go by much
faster. Kind of backwards, but it’s true. Although “pounding the pavement” (and
ranting) helped me to get some of my frustrations out, I am still not convinced
I could ever be a real runner.
Day 19 – (To the tune of “Singin’ in the Rain”) I’m running in the
rain, just running in the rain, not a glorious feeling, but I’m moving again. I’m
wet and I’m cold, but I’ll be home soon. Just running, running in the rain! J
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| My lovely fuzz puff :) |
Day 20 – Oof . . .I am so stiff today. My husband and I must have
looked like really old people hobbling along as we began our run because we
were both very stiff. It definitely took a while to loosen up. Also, I felt
like the robins were either teasing me or encouraging me along . . . there were
a lot of them on the path, and they always seemed to be just a little ways
ahead of me. Also, I think I was carrying and extra five pounds in my tummy
today from all of the good (and exotic) food at the work potluck.
Unfortunately, that food (or acid reflux or something) started bothering my
stomach at about mile 1.5 . . . after that, running was pretty miserable. I
felt like I was just limping home (but I wasn’t really limping), it just took
so much effort not to stop. Other than the utter disappointment I would feel
about not completing a daily challenge after I’ve made it this far, today was
the first day I think I would have felt much better if I had not run . . .I
hope I feel better tomorrow! In other news, the fuzz puffs (dandelions gone to
seed) were out in abundance today. My husband picked one for me as we ran to
make me feel better J
I’ve included a picture of it with this post.
Day 21 – Ugh, my tummy is still not
happy this morning, but running was a little easier today than it was
yesterday. I ran by myself for most of the run as my husband ran much faster
than I did today. This was a morning run, and it was a little cooler out, but
it was pretty nice running weather. I’m proud of myself for running this many
days in a row, but I am so ready to be done running! I did have an interesting
Bible thought while I was running today as the verse about “running the race before you” popped into my head ("Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith." Hebrews 12:1-2a). I realized that I really focus too much on this earth and the temporal
things around me instead of on heaven and on my ultimate prize, and I think
this distracts me and makes me “run” (figuratively speaking about running my
race of faith and life) slower . . .I need to work on that. Additionally, in my search for that Bible reference, I also found another fitting verse, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air." (1 Corinthians 9:24-26). And I hope that one day I will be able to say with the Apostle Paul (2 Timothy 4:7) "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
I can’t believe that I made it through three mile week. That is pretty amazing to me. Unfortunately, that jump from two miles to three miles was really rough, so I don’t know what to expect next week. I’m a little worried that my body is just going to break down and I’m not going to be able to finish it, but I’m young, I can do it . . .right?
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