Outdoor running is definitely more challenging than indoor, I found that out on my 5 mile run yesterday morning at 6am. It was so dark and I am such a novice that I do not have any reflective gear, so not only was I trying to run my 5, but I was also just trying to stay alive and not be hit by a car. Of course the route I took was not the most well lit area, but overall it was a good run. I ran very slow-I think it was only 39 degrees or so out- so the weather wasn't great. I can think of a million other reasons to toss in there for running an 11 min mile...yikes.
Today was much better running my 3 miles, I ran at a 10 min mile pace, which I was OK with since yesterday was a big suckfest. I ran when it was a little lighter out and I have decided to not run with my mp3 player since I cannot run with it during the race. I figure I do not want to rely on my music if I have to go without it on the race day. I spoke to Jamie this morning and he is training for the full but running th half with me... so this weekend he has a 13 mile run... WTF. He is already running the 13 and I am working up to it. I can see I am going to have to do some work in order to beat...ahem I mean run with Jamie!
I haven't had any profound thoughts come to me while I am running, I am really hoping for some sort of epiphany or something...but so far my only thoughts are "how much further?", "need more air!", "another god damn hill!", "holy shit that dog's invisible fence is awfully close to the sidewalk!"....you know very deep thoughts.
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Good for you Nat! Do those breathing machines for asthmatics come in something portable? Maybe then some deep profundity will come upon you and you won't have to worry about staying alive!! I'm tired just reading about your workouts!
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