I pushed myself today! I was disappointed by my race time yesterday and wanted to prove to myself that I could run faster. And I did!! I got a PR. Granted it was on a treadmill watching the movie "Edge of Tomorrow", but I did it nonetheless. So I'm going to count it!
I walked and ran a slow 3 miles as a warmup. I wasn't sure I was up for the challenge for myself as it was already 11:45pm when I started. Well, after 3 miles I felt like I had waisted enough time and had to get to it.
I stopped the clock and started it again with a pace of 6:48 min/mile. I proceeded to focus on the movie and told myself I wasn't going to check my distance for at least 22 minutes. I must have misjudged the start time on the movie's clock because when I checked the distance, it was at 3.81!!! So I did it! That would have been a 21:08 finish time!! Well I slowed down my time after checking the distance for a brief 20 seconds or less and then ended the run. So it said my pace was 6:55. Even that would have been a 21:29 finish! Both PR's. Before that my fastest was 22:11.
During the run, I was sweating SO much! Literally dripping. I was watching Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise intensely fighting aliens on the movie and enjoying all the energy.
Well, then I stopped for a minute to record my progress on my Nike Running App.
I knew I would keep running but hadn't decided how fast. I wanted a long run today. Well, I set the pace to 7:00 min/mile and did 3.13 miles!
Both the first and second speed runs were very hard. But I was determined not to give up. And the movie helped a lot. I felt good. Legs, lungs, body felt good. Mentally, I was determined so I stayed focused on the movie. Overall, I felt like a winner at the end! :)
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