Wednesday, March 24, 2010

10 miles on a school night

I ran 10 miles tonight. 1hour 30 minutes. I didn't want to do it. I should get up in the morning and swim...but it's almost 10:30pm. I'm tired.

The good news: I really don't feel like I ran tonight. No leg pain, lungs feel fine. Feet, good. When I was younger the thought of running 10 miles seemed crazy to me. Incredible to me. Getting conditioned to run it 'comfortably' is really not that big of a deal. It just takes time. Generally I'm ready to stop running at mile 6. That always feels like enough. If it wasn't for this blog I would have likely quit and come home tonight at mile 6. It was dark, I didn't drink any water, and I was hungry. Writing about the effort does seem to help me continue knocking it out.

Peak fitness, endurance strength, is all about consistency.

A note for others that may attempt something like this someday - If you're married with two kids you have to have a great spouse to pull it off.

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