i've been trying to get back into a workout routine again for the longest and recently i've been running pretty consistantly. yeay me! lake merced and skyline college are usually where you can find me running. but, lately lake merced has been my choice. skyline is just too monotonous when you want to run more than 3 miles.
so i think everyone is with me when i say, i hate the idea of running, but love the feeling i get when i'm done. really, getting to the track is the hardest part. b/c all it takes is commiting to your first step and you are in it until the end.
since i've visited lake merced a few times already within the past few weeks, i decided to up the anty for myself. i pushed myself to run with more intesity that i have been and was sooo proud of myself when i finished. that 4.5 miles was the best 4.5 miles in such a long time. i felt like my stride was right and although i forgot my watch and don't really know the time i finished in, i'm almost certain i knocked at least a couple of minutes off my time.
now some people run for exercise, to clear their head, to enjoy the outdoors, release some tension/anger...blah blah blah...the list goes on...but yesterday's run was EVERYTHING for me. i felt a wave of euphoria come over me. something i've NEEDED for so very long.
to miguel, sheena and mae...i know you think that i'm the one that's motivating you, but you are truely the ones that are motivating me.
on a funny side note...as i was running a man running in the opposite direction seen my team in training shirt that i was rocking yesterday and hollered our a "GO TEAM." i haven't heard a "GO TEAM" in so long that my responding "GO TEAM" was soooo overly enthusiastic. all i could do was chuckle to myself and keep running.
so my goal for my weekend run: run the whole lake merced and then some! i'm gonna runn the whole lake + an extra 30 min more. i mean technically i should be in training for the nike half in october.
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