I’m never doing that again

My appointment was canceled at the last minute yesterday morning, so that meant a long run was in the cards!!

I laced up my Hitogami’s, hit up the trail and ran to Fisherman’s Wharf. I can tell we’re going into tourist season spring break because there were a lot more folks out enjoying the day. I’m sure it helped it was 80 degrees, which is almost unheard of here.

As much as I love warm weather, my body does not like running in it and boy was I reminded of that yesterday. I thought for sure I was gonna croak from heat stroke. Don’t you worry, I told people give me a nice little kick and to pause my Garmin if they saw me flailing around on the trail.

I ran about a quarter mile on the hard sand beach just to change things up a bit. Sometimes I make great life decisions.

Running does not come naturally to me. It’s something I have to work hard at. There are no short cuts or easy ways out. It takes a lot of effort to get out there and push myself. Buuuuut I love a good challenge. That’s what keeps me coming back for more.

For every tough run, I am reminded of how far I’ve come and the more I swear to myself I’m never doing that again the more I find myself signing up and actually paying money for more self torture. Totally normal. Totally.

I feel like I grow a tiny bit each time, even when I’m the queen of positive splits. Cough**yesterday**cough.

I often tell Mike I wonder if there will ever come a day where I will have to quit running. I know that’s a looooong time from now and it’s something I think about since I love it SO much. We’ll just file that under #thingsnottothinkabout

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PS Today is the last day to enter the Spartan Race giveaway. I’ll announce the winner in tomorrows post. Good luck!

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