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[anigo]

Very shortly I'm going to do my ru/alk for the night. This is the big one again that I did a couple of weeks ago - 58 minutes (5 min/1 min x 8 + warm up and cool down). The one that I came home and thought I was going to have a brain aneurysm. Ok, aside from the brain aneurysm I did ok, and it was the heat that caused the brain aneurysm, not the ru/alking itself, but none the less it's got me a bit apprehensive. Actually, I'm more than a bit apprehensive. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to do it. Except that would be a self fulfilling prophesy so I'm thinking positive... I'm thinking positive... I'm thinking positive. I did it once before. I cut myself some slack and went back a couple of weeks so I wouldn't feel like I was doing more than I could. I can do it. I really can. I'm just sure I'm going to cramp up like a tiny ball of tinfoil, all crumpled and sharp edges...

Ok, it's not that far. I can do it... I can do it... If I start to stretch now, a good 40 minutes before the baby sitter gets here, then it will be a breeze. I can do it... In the real world to a real runner it's NOTHING. It's child's play. I should be able to do it even without having done 8 weeks of working up to it.

oh my.

***Update***
Did it. 7 km in 61 minutes, of which I ran... 45 of them! Yes, not the 40 as required, but 45. I found I'd misjudged the distance out and was further out than I had expected so I ran the extra way back.

YAY ME!!!!!!

Comments

[t-om.livejournal.com]

Hot damn girl! I'm very proud of you. Treat yourself to something fun, or yummy, or decadent. It's important to have a good reward system. Good job!

[anigo.livejournal.com]

Rewarding oneself for a good run with an abundance of really really decadant vanilla ice cream (the good stuff, not just some no-name brand from the grocery store) way more chocolate syrup than would be normally considered necessary, chopped pecans and two cherries on top... would that be considered bad?