Saturday, February 18, 2012

Day 100 (2/18): 9.6 miles / 1:24:03

I can't pretend I'm not a little disappointed, so let me just get that out of the way here at the beginning.  Today's run was scheduled for 10 miles... and I wish I would have driven the route before running it instead of after.  As soon as I saw my time, I was sure it was short.  That being said, my only disappointment with today's run was the fact that I didn't run the extra 0.4 miles to make it a full 10.  I was looking forward to accomplishing that milestone.  Nevertheless, everything else about today's run was, in a word, AMAZING!

First and foremost, the fact that I ran 9.6 miles in 1:24:03 means that my per mile pace was about 8:45... a pace I never imagined I would be capable of running for this distance.  This fact alone gives me reason to celebrate! 

My second reason to celebrate: I felt great, both physically and mentally, for this entire run.  During most of my workouts I reach a point where I at least pretend to consider calling it quits.  While I've only come close to actually stopping early on a few occasions, I can still admit that there's part of me that considers it briefly during most runs.  Today, this was not the case.  In fact, when I saw the pace I was keeping, I considered adding a little extra on to my run because I was pretty sure the distance was going to come up a little short.  Of course, I didn't end up adding any extra distance... but the fact that I considered it in the first place was a huge mental jump from where I normally am.  I have to say that this was one of my few "I can do anything" kind of runs where everything felt right.  If only every run could feel this good!

I'm already looking forward to my next milestone... and I intend to get in every last tenth of a mile :)

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