I had a great weekend in spite of the rainy weather. I drove out to see my Mom on Friday and the visibility was really poor on the freeway. By the end of the day there was a beautiful rainbow but then the rains started again in the late evening hours.
I am overly excited about being able to run on Friday and Sunday. They were all treadmill miles but I will take whatever I can get right now!! I feel like I am finally making some progress and I am really feeling good! I don't think I have felt this happy in a long time. Isn't it kind of crazy that running has become such a part of my life that when it goes away I am sort of lost? It's almost like running and I went through a bad divorce! My Friday treadmill run went really well and I hardly walked but I know better than to push myself these days so I was more than happy to take a 1-2 minute walk break after being able to handle 12-15 minutes at 6.0-6.2. I haven't done that in quite some time. I was kind of proud of myself!
On Saturday we went on a 4 mile walk on a local bike trail. My son rode his bike while we walked it out. The weather was cool and my son enjoyed it so it was quality family time.
On Sunday I was more than ready to try another 7 miler on my good old friend treadmill. I accidentally hit the stop button after 2.6 miles because I dropped my towel so I had to restart the darn treadmill. I hate it when that happens because I have to put my math skills to work.
The OC Half Marathon is just a few weeks away and my mind is pretty set on running it. If things continue to improve over the next few weeks, I hope to be out there. I want to be able to run 10 pain free miles before I decide to run this race. I even considered running without my Garmin but then I thought that I might take it too fast so my Garmin will keep me in check. I have my heart set on the Beach Cities Challenge medal but I will not risk an injury if my body is telling me to sit this race out. I have already sat out four races so one more won't kill me.
I will set no goals for the OC Half Marathon. I will walk when I need to, I will walk the entire race if I have to and I will only focus on finishing. I hope it happens for me...I want it so bad.
Sounds like a wonderful weekend!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope it happens for you too (your half)! And congrats on your weekend runs. You sound really great.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I was in California this weekend visiting my niece and YES that was some crazy rain. I liked it!!
I really hope you are able to run the race. Here's to pain free runs from here on out!
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