Ready to Run!

If I were a savvier myspacer I would have the Dixie Chicks playing in the background...

As many of you know, I'm training for this. (I love the way I say that considering I only have 6 "friends" and I doubt any of them are reading this.) For the past month or so, however, I've been wondering to myself, "What have you gotten yourself into?!" In an effort to get the spring back in my step, I devoted part of my Amazon Christmas gift certificates to purchase this. (On a random side note, I got two gift certificates, one for $20, one for $30, and after selecting all my purchases, my total with shipping and tax came out to exactly $50. Cool, huh?)

Anyway, the book suggested running without wearing a watch and leaving the headphones at home. These are two crutches I've been very dependent on! But, for my shorter week-day run this evening, I decided to try it without music. I also couldn't find my watch, so I ran without that too. The results were amazing! I ran faster, I got annoyed whenever I had to stop for traffic lights, I enjoyed myself much more, and I when I got home I just wanted to keep running. Rather than running for a set amount of time, and counting down the minutes until I could stop, I just ran to the Lincoln Memorial and back home. That's five-point-six miles according to G-map Pedometer. (Google Maps is the best. True that! Double True!)

For the first time in awhile, I'm actually looking forward to my long run this Sunday. 16 miles this time!