Not to sound like I’m standing next to a full-size blurry picture of myself 100 pounds heavier…
But this training system really works! If you had told me before this all began that I’d be running for a straight hour and a half, I’d have asked who was playing me in the tragic Lifetime movie. But today I completed 8 miles! It was on the treadmill yet again, because the weather is terrible, raining off and on, so my grand plans of winding through Central Park were thwarted (next week for 9?). But it has been done.
Apparently that “wall” which I have yet to read about but sounds like an imposing force I should be encountering circa mile 10 is steadily approaching. But while I still enter into these “long” days with a mixture of fear and anxiety (that I still maintain are a valuable shield against complacency as I notch off these rising numbers), I know I can do these distances. Probably. Most likely. Yes.
And in a weird way, those 3 miles Wednesday afternoon at the gym were yet again almost more difficult. I feel myself more relaxed and settled into these longer distances, I think. Also, there was good stuff on the TV.
