I am running this morning, really not excited to be running, but then once I got going...felt pretty good. Listening to my music and going down hill a bit. Always love the down hill parts. As I am running and begin up hill I think to myself, "how on earth did I run a marathon". Three reasons come to mind...
1) I was five years younger
2) The marathon course was mostly downhill or flat and
3) I was at a lower elevation than here.
Alright, so I am older, running up hill (a lot), and at a much higher elevation. Well, this morning I ran all but about 10 yards of my 6.5 miles. (That last little bit of the hill, about 7% grade, just kicked my butt). My feet are dragging, and I feel like I am really going slow. But I just kept going...running, running, running and more running!
I walk in the house and look at the clock to see how fast I ran it....Da da duh!
1 hour and 10 minutes
This may sound slow to most of you, but my goal is to run an 11 minute mile as my slowest pace. I felt like I ran a 20 minute mile...but I ran about an 11 minute mile. LOVE THAT!I am not a fast runner, and the older I get I am finding out how I really am not much of a runner at all, I would rather be toning at the gym and taking a kickboxing class or something like that. Well, I am sure that I bored most of you...But I am proud of myself. Run, Paula, Run!
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YEAH! Good for you! That's a great time girl!!!! I think the buck stops for me at running 4 miles max! YOU CAN DO IT!! RUN PAULA RUN! I will be waiting to see you take first place! :) hee hee! Just think of all the competition you have! That will motivate you!
That my Woman. Strong hearted and willed.
I can't even wrap my brain around 1 hour and 10 minutes of running. Seriously, I can run for about 10 minutes and I am spent. I'm more of a walker. Good job!
Hey Paula! This is Kaydee Ivers. I saw your link on Heather's blog. I am so happy to have found it. It sounds like things are going great for you. I take it you live in Colorado with your hubby, cute little Kya and one more on the way (fingers crossed). We have a lot of catching up to do!
Nice work, girlfriend!
Hey Paula,
I am so glad I found you on here. Your blog is way cute. Ours is mapengofamily.blogspot.com Your little Kya is so adorable I have only seen one picture of her when she was really little. I am so excited to see you guys at the reunion.
Okay- this post is the motivation I needed... I'm gonna get back into running too. It's such a great feeling to run further than you ever thought possible and end it with "Wow! I think I could keep going!" You can do it, Paula!
I'm leaving in an hour to run with Alicia, we are going at 1:00 am and then two times during the day. This is a busy schedule.
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