8 was the goal….8 was conquered!!
July 30, 2007 – 2:17 pmSo Saturday morning the plan was to wake up at 7:00 and go run. I had clocked a route to run twice and that would put me at 8 Miles even. I was excited and nervous to run this 8 miles. Low and behold…I wake up at 7:10….hit snooze and keep sleeping OF COURSE.
So I wake up at 8:15 finally and get dressed, shoes one, ipod up and ready, start\stop watch ready to go, I get outside to stretch a little and what do you know my luck…..It looks like the bottom of the sky is going to bottom out at any moment and shortly after I see this, Huge monstrous rain drops begin to fall. So I threw my water in the car, got my purse and headed to the Y. I really didn’t want to do this, I had contemplated going to the track at the High School because at least there it is confined and I am closer to my car if it really does indeed start pouring. But when the rain drops became more steady I just continue on my way to the Y.
So there at the YMCA I began my trek on the "hamster wheel" to my 8 miles goal. There were a couple other girls there running as well, they had been there for a little while running. I got on the treadmill next to one, just to get me motivated and going. I was less than thrilled to be running on the treadmill (for this distance at least).
So I pumped up the ipod and started jamming away……No irritations w\ the treadmill until about the 3 miles mark. I was conciously trying not to look at the treadmill only because in my mind I would be counting the miles and minutes. I had already covered up the time\mileage etc on the tready so I wouldn’t be focused on that for the whole time. But at 3.7 miles Josh called and I only know that it was 3.7 because Josh asked how much longer I had….DARN IT…..I said 5.3–my first thought was GOOD LORD–this is going to take me a million years to run this 8 miles. It was smoothe sailing after that. Once I past that 4 mile "marker" (so to speak) I was ok. The biggest hurdle though and to feel like I was *almost* there was at 6.5mi. I had run 6.5 and I had even run 7 miles (at home) so this last mile was so wonderful. Although a little bitter sweet as well. It was a paingful last mile, but I knew that a mile was really nothing. I mean when I have run 7 before….8 really wasn’t anything to *sweat* (pardon the pun) I finished in 83:26–YEA!!
So this week I continue w\ my 3 miles on Tuesday and 4 miles on thursday and then we venture on to 9 Miles next weekend……STAY TUNED!!!