Had a lovely run this morning! Went out for 5, got lost on the college campus, ended up running 6.8. Awesome! (I mean that, actually.)
It feels SO GOOD to run that first “long” run after a half marathon. Every time I run a half marathon, part of me is secretly afraid I will never run further than a 3 mile run ever again. After all, it’s getting cold out there, and with no looming race to be in shape for, it’s easy to talk yourself into sitting at home with a cup of coffee.
And when you’re sitting at home with a cup of coffee, you don’t get to see beautiful views like these, and feel warm in the sunshine despite it being 34 degrees!
This last photo is a special place on a nearby trail where we’ve stopped to snap a photo at different times over the years. Here’s one of me with Will in April of 2011:
He’s changed some, don’t you think?
And so have I 🙂
Happy Running, and everything else that makes you who you are!
What a beautiful trail to run! I’m nearing the end of my self-induced rest due to my foot injury, but I’m starting to have those thoughts like “I’ll never run again!” and “I’ll never be able to run a marathon by May!” Ugh. We’ll see!
That’s rough. I have never been injured, but I remember having 8 weeks of really bad bronchitis this past Spring, and it was so hard not being able to run, and then hard to ease back into it because I had taken that time off. I hope your smartly induced rest period has resulted in a full recovery when you start running again… it’s so good that you took the time off to heal.