Run #5.7 - Speedy Legs!

I didn't want to run. I mean I did, but I didn't. I was feeling lazy. I posted a "Lost Motivation" ad as my facebook status, and fortunately Running Potato and Lesley were there to give me the swift kick to the butt I needed. After dancing around for a while to wake myself up, I was out the door for four miles, with 2 of them being in the dark (ah, just like the good ol' days of Winter!).

I didn't mean to do it, but I just started going fast. What was supposed to be a leisurely four miles turned into an unintentional speed workout. I just went with it. I mean why fight it, right? I'd run hard until I couldn't do it anymore, pause to just catch my breath and shake out my legs, then resume. My legs were feeling rather tight. Just over 2 miles in I did have to sit on the sidewalk and massage them a bit so they wouldn't feel so dang stiff. That worked wonders!

Also helpful was my music for the evening. I created another playlist to run to with "new" songs. Some are brand new, some are new to me, some are old but haven't been used for running yet. I found peace in just focusing on the words of the songs. I had a pretty good mix!

Fortunately the terribly humidity wasn't AS bad when I left to run as it was during the day. I was even lucky enough to get a couple of rain drops on me during the last mile. That was a blessing because I was pretty darn hot! In the end it was 4 miles in 40 minutes of running (plus the time I was on the sidewalk stretching). Pretty darn fast for me, if I do say so myself! Overall I felt really good, which is a relief since I've been kind of nervous about this weekend's half marathon. Can you believe I'm already on number 5? I mean wasn't it just a couple of weeks ago that we were counting down to the Princess Half?

Here's one of the songs from the night that ALWAYS strikes a chord with me!