4:30 PM (shhh, don't tell that I left work early to run)
Weather: Sunny, chilly; probably 60 (I keep forgetting to check the weather app before I go)
Shoes: Brooks Pureflow (aka Green Hornets)
Playlist: How You Like Me Now by The Heavy
Freewill by Rush
Enter Sandman by Metallica (man, the nightmares from this video alone kicked me into high
gear while I was running)
Dr. Feelgood by Motley Crue (don't judge. you know you love it too)
Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult (always need more cowbell)
Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne (terrible audio quality in this video but check out this kid!!)
Running Partner: None. But I did pass the same woman on the way up and back down. Granted, she was walking, but still, I passed someone! Twice!
Route:
Bonus route trivia: If you run along this route, be sure and keep an eye out for the folks making out in their cars in the little parking area just south of University off the trail. For extra bonus points, stare into their car the whole time you're running past, just to make them nervous and self-conscious.
Extra bonus trivia: Along with the makers-out there was an ambulance parked in the same little parking area. I took a lot of encouragement from the fact that trained medics watched me zombie past them and they did not seem concerned enough by my appearance to inquire whether I needed medical attention. I count that as a sign of improvement in my running!
Distance/Pace:
How it Felt: Really awesome! I kept being surprised when I was getting my time and distance updates through my headphones that I was keeping about a 10:00 min/mile pace the whole time. Just like yesterday, my shins were completely pain-free. At about the 1.75 mile mark, my right foot started going numb again. Don't know what to do about that yet. It didn't feel quite as good cardiovascularly tonight as yesterday, I was ready to quit when I did. I felt like I could have gone further but I let my mind talk me out of it. Well, I really shouldn't say that because I went the route that I mapped out so I didn't really quit early. I guess what I'm saying is, last night my mind and body felt like I could have kept going if I'd wanted to. Tonight, I didn't want to, even though I probably could have.
So, two weeks down. I've lost two pounds in these two weeks without making a point to change my diet. I've planned on writing a post about nutrition sometime but I haven't really started working on that yet. I read earlier that when you really get into running, the nutrition starts taking care of itself because your body won't tolerate crap food and that you'll crave certain things that you need. So far, I've found at least the first half of that to be true. I haven't really been able to eat as much crap as I normally would and I end up eating much better than I would if left to my own devices. Hopefully I'll learn more about proper nutrition as I go along, but right now, I'm just making one change at a time. And this change to running is definitely a good one for me so far. See you tomorrow!
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