livelifefully's Journal, 24 August 2009

Good morning!
My big news is I ran 6 miles outside (in the rain) yesterday morning! That is the farthest I've gone so far. My time decreased from a 10 min mile to an 11 min mile for the distance which is to be expected, so I ran for a total of 1 hr, 6 min. My longest outdoor run so far had been 4.6 miles. I just felt good so decide to keep going. I really could have gone longer too. So, that is exciting. I didn't set out to go that far but I decide to take another loop around the neighborhood when I could have gone home. I feel reinspired on the running now. My motivation was lacking, but doing that reinforced that I can do what is hard and to challenge myself to go further. I am even thinking a half marathon is now not out of the question for sometime in the future. I will have to see what is around in the fall if I will do that 8K Tower run or do something else.

Wow, I can't really believe I can run that now when I think that I ran for over an hour straight. That didn't even seem possible for me to do before. At one point before I felt like I was dying 5 min into it. Never say never! We can do far more than we think we can! Just keep training and trying consistently and you will see results!