I Had Every Intention…

… of getting up early and getting in a good run in this morning.

M0NDAY'S RUN WAS H0T – so I decided to make it a very short run.

I’d thought of MAKING THIS M0RNING'S RUN A DESTINATION run that I’m trying to add to my schedule in July.

Yeah.

Not so much.

Rehearsals every night this week is making me tired and I need to get up and out early before it gets too h0t to run.

However – the 2.23 MILE RUN I did around h0me this morning did the trick and it was one of my most consistent so far. 

My mile/time spl1ts were:

Can you believe that they were within a SECOND of each other?  To make this more impressive – keep in mind I wasn’t running a consistent route.  The terrain wasn’t even or the same – I was crossing major intersections.

So yeah – MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE NOW – isn’t it?

You know why I think I enjoy runn1ng so much?? [HA! You probably don’t – so I’m going to tell you.]

Runn1ng is a metaph0r for life…

There’s a huge, HUGE hill on my way home.  Normally, I go part way up the hill and take a side road so I don’t have to add the huge, HUGE hill at the end of the run when I’m tired.

Today?

Today I ran that huge, HUGE hill – on the opposite side of the road which is even steeper !!

I stayed focused on form – pump your arms – lift your knees – lean forward.  Pick a goal and make it to the first tree – the second tree – the next walkway up to that house…

When I got to the top of that huge, HUGE hill? 

My first instinct was to look back and see where I’d been – just how steep that huge, HUGE hill was from the top vantage point.

Then it hit me. I realized I didn’t need to look back. 

I’d conquered that huge, HUGE hill, if just for today…