Spring is in the air...
Yesterday for the first time, it felt like Spring and I took full advantage of it. My neighbor and I usually go to the metro park by our house and run hills but yesterday she was unable. I thought about still going there, but I also had to urge to go for a real run. Today was the first day with my new shoes as well. I decided to go to the towpath...again not too far from my house and set to run. The path is 4.25 miles and my heart was set on running there and back without stopping. The wind was strong but really it didn't bother me too much. I was running with good tunes and before too long (36:00) I got to the end...4.25 miles...you gotta be kidding me. I honestly didn't think that I was running all that fast. The best part, I wasn't even that tired yet. I felt that I picked up the pace a little on the way back...no idea how...but I must have because I got back to the car at 1:11 and 34 seconds. Okay I didn't run too much faster but I still did a little. I never really thought about stopping to walk. My legs are sore today but I plan on run 5 or 6 miles later today.
I was looking at active.com and trying to find another race soon. There's a 5K that I could do this week...or next week run a 10 miler. I'm totally thinking about the 10 miler because I need to know where I am at. This is already the milddle of April and Sept. 29 doesn't seem that far away.