Day 13/63 - August 2nd, 2008 Workout - Running

August 2nd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

This morning I woke up and I felt good - I got a full night of sleep and ate really well yesterday.  I’ve been running to work on my low-intensity endurance and so far my longest run has been 2.5km.  I watched some videos on proper running form the other night and now it feels like something just clicked in my head.

This morning I ran 3.2km!  I just walked in the door a few minutes ago and my heart rate and breathing already feel back to normal.  Watching the videos made me realize that I was wasting a lot of energy by keeping my hands up too high and keeping my upper body a bit slouched over and tensed up.  I set my goal for the end of my current 9 week challenge at 4.5km and I feel like I could have run that today.  I wanted to just keep going, but I had to reign myself in as I’m leaving soon to help some friends move to a new apartment and I don’t want to be useless.

I feel really good right now - like I just smashed through a mental barrier that was holding me back.  Or maybe I’m finally feeling the runner’s high for the first time?  Either way, I like it.  On Monday morning I’m going to get up early and run 4.5km.  I’ve already set aside Monday as a mental clarity day completely to myself, but I’ll write more about that later.

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