Yep, its official! I am a two miler! And I did it faster than my 11 minute, best so far time! Wohoo! Go me! :) 21:34 is my official time. I know, all those "runners" out there are laughing because they run 7 minute miles and can run 3 miles in the amount of time I run 2, but hey... they can kiss this... well you know :)
Now that you are aware of the fact that I made it, let me show you what it was like...
Remember that last post I wrote about getting a song, and a partner, and a phrase to tell yourself while you running? Yeah I had to use ALL of the above! I went out there thinking it was going to be cake, after all, I've been running every day this week, and I just ran a mile and a half, so its only 2 more laps... right? WRONG. I had to dig DEEP today. Deeper than I had to Saturday when I ran the mile and a half! Deeper than any day so far! From lap 2 I wanted to just call it quits and enjoy a leisurely walk, so I just started singing. For some reason the song Dorie sings from Finding Nemo popped into my head "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming... swimming swimming swimming..." yeah, only I changed it to "Just keep running. Just keep running...." That lasted me until about lap 6! 6 down, 2 to go and soooooo ready to call it a day! So I just started reciting "I can do ALL things through Christ, I can do ALL things through Christ!" over and over again until all I had left was a half a lap, then a quarter.... rounded the bend and saw my son Thomas standing right before the finish line with his hand out, saying "GO MOMMY!" and my friend Amanda waiting at the finish line (with my baby)! I gave everything I had left and MADE IT! 21:34! My starting time for 2 miles, now to build on that! :)
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