another work out cut short because gracie had a doctor's appointment this morning and she woke up later than usual. i'll just have to make it up sometime this week.
i stayed up on my core workouts more these past two weeks, so i upped the repetitions last night and abs feel great today. no soreness.
i got a small glimpse of the beautiful sunrise this morning. i wish i would have been outside running when sky lit up with large bubbles of pinks and reds.
the first mile started out great. the weather was perfect. a little bit cold but no wind and no rain. and i felt powerful, exhilarated. i took a route that starts out with a pretty long hill. usually i'll crest it hovering close to 7's. this morning i was at 6:54 and wasn't even feeling it.
mile two to mile six, the weather stayed the same, but my running did not. gradually pain and soreness overcame me from my knees down to my feet on both legs. calves, shins, feet, everything. throbbing pain with every step.
the first rain drops started coming down on mile six. steadily increasing. the wind followed suit. but it washed away all my pain. i was running free and easy now. the temperature dropped. uphill all the way home. wind increasing. but i didn't care. it was easy now.
the lesson is to just run. run through the pain, the storms, the sun, the ease because you never know when it is going to change. so you just run.
at one point as i was going up a hill, the wind and rain slamming into my face, a man on a bicycle stopped to let me run by. "nice pace!!" with a smile on his face. i acknowledged him with my runner's head nod. "thank you." the whole time thinking "where were you on miles two through six? that's where i really needed some encouragement."
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