No Brace

Yesterday I ate at Tucanos for dinner and didn’t get to bed until 2am ish.  Not a good combination knowing that I had to run in the morning. 

I let myself sleep in and was finally out of my bed at 11:35am.  I felt a little sick and knew that I couldn’t run right away if at all.  I watched a little bit of tv and ate some multigrain cheerios.  I didn’t want to eat anything that might make me sick on my run.  So…..no milk, and no heavy meal.  I also made sure to drink water so I wasn’t dehydrated.

Finally, I put on my running clothes, updated my running playlist, and stretched in order to prepare myself.  It was time.

I went out the door hoping for a long run.  I debated in my head what exactly to do.  As I got more into my run I decided today was the day to get in some miles.  Today was the day I ran a longer distance.
But today was also the day I wouldn’t push myself too hard in order to keep letting my knee heal and get used to all this.

I ran my usual route and turned up 1700 south.  I knew I wasn’t running as well as I normally do, but I was going to be fine.  When I got up to 1700 East I wanted to try a new route (and honestly I was feeling like I couldn’t make it as far as I wanted to).  I turned left and well…..I turned back once I saw that the street didn’t look like it was normal and curved into what I didn’t know.  That would have been an adventure though!  Instead I went back and went the route I usually do.

I’m glad I did.  I got my smile back at a point and my playlist played the right song at the right time.  I think the smiling really started when I saw a unicyclist.  I saw a man carrying his unicycle to cross the street.  Then he cycled on the other side of the street from me in the same direction.  It was sort of fun to run with him, but not really.  Haha.

I was also happy that my knee was doing well as I ran down 500S.  My knee also did well as I ran down south temple.  Those were the two downhills I was worried about, and in the end I survived!

I ran a total of 9.2 miles at an average 8:48min/mile pace.

I feel really good.  I still have a long way to go, but considering the roadblock I had, this is good.  My pace will get faster as I get stronger.  And the miles will keep going up.

I’m not giving up and I’m determined to keep moving forward.

And I love the knowledge I am gaining along the way.

Runaway Girl