Things are looking up! I practiced what I preached after my post on Tuesday, and had a successful seven mile run on Saturday. I planned ahead, and then fought back against the anxiety that I had all week thinking about Saturday's run. I prayed. I asked for prayer. I memorized some powerful scripture. And to top all of that off, a very dear friend of mine had a perfect little baby boy this weekend - naturally. I cannot even imagine. And she was so mentally fired up. She had Bible verses ready for her husband to read to her during labor, and was just determined. I had spent the week talking with her as she waited on baby and thought to myself how small these runs were compared to natural child birth.
After I posted on Tuesday, I started to feel a bit under the weather. By that night my body was hurting, my throat was sore and my head hurt - sure signs that this mamma was plain-old tired. I went to bed early and skipped my run on Wednesday. By Thursday, I was back in. All in. Completed a four mile training run in decent time and then geared up for Saturday's run.
I was very anxious about the run. But rather than plan out an exact seven mile route, I decided I was heading out the door and would run for 77 minutes - because that's what I consider to be a good seven mile time for me. My stop-watch quits at 59:59. Who knew? Not me. Until Saturday. So, I'm not sure at what point on my run the watch stopped, but when I looked down I re-set it and started again. I think I went 77 minutes. But, it just felt darn good.
This weekend should be interesting, though. Supposed to do eight miles, and it is WEDDING WEEKEND for this family!
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