Counting Down!!!!
Well, it is now a little less than 2 weeks for the first Half Marathon! I’m getting really excited and have talked to lots of people who have run this actual race…it sounds like fun! I have received some great tips and advice on the morning and I have had several people ask me about it. I am coming to find out that there are a lot of true runners in Wilmington. That’s great! I was thanking God this morning for my health and for keeping me injury free during the training time. I am so grateful for my health. Yesterday while I was running (only 5 miles) I passed a man in a wheelchair taking his dog out on a walk. He was most likely unable to use both of his legs. He had the biggest smile on his face and gave me a hearty, “Hello”! That kind of attitude is amazing to me! The least I can do is be thankful for legs that work; legs that can run any amount of miles! It was a great moment of perspective. I still think about my friend Kim during my runs; I’m still running in her memory. One day I will share that with her wonderful husband, Jim. To God be the glory.
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11 Miles!!!!
Well, I have started to realize something about myself…I am a goal setter! Goals really motivate me to get going. I have come to realize that I set goals about everything…I mean, EVERYTHING!!! I have a set number of books I want to read this year (and have them divided into groups). I truly believe that we are what we read! I set goals in my marraige and family issues; with my relationships, financially…literally everything! That must be one of the things that keeps me running. Today I went 11 wonderful miles. It felt really good to accomplish that and I still felt like I could keep going. It has been beautiful weather here in Wilmington and the mornings just seem perfect. Very little humidity. Perfect!
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9 MILES!
Actually, it was closer to 10, but the big deal is that I did it in 1 hour and 20 minutes…my legs can really feel it this evening. I was reading an article the other day in Runner’s World magazine and it said that 90% of the run is totally in your mind! I can believe that! Really! My mindset makes all the difference. My playlist is loaded with mostly 70’s, 80’s and Amazing Worship music. It’s kind of astounding how much difference music makes to my runs. For those of you who run in the complete silence, just listening to yourself breath…try music sometime; it makes the run take on a whole new dimension. There’s a song by Hillsong (church in Australia) called “Kingdom Come”. It is a song that I could run 100 miles to…well…maybe not 100!
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“It’s not really THAT far!”
Today is Saturday and it has been a looooong week! I’m looking forward to traveling to the Mountains of North Carolina this next week…good, cool, long runs! Yeah! My running/training is still well on track. I added a couple of longer “aerobic” workouts with light weights this week…the change was good. The first race for me is coming in about 4 weeks now; I’m a little nervous. I have been running the course about once a week since I live there! There are many bridges and hills in downtown Wilmington so the legs have to work quite hard! It’s all good, though! I now have quite a lot of friends who check out the blog and stay in touch with the training…13.1 miles…it’s really not THAT far!
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