Pumped and Ready To Go

I'm feeling really good about my run today. I went to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought some Under Armor cause it's still pretty cold here.

I got black bottoms, a white top, and a black hat . . . other than the fact that I look like a double stuffed oreo cookie, I'm pretty excited.

I covered up with some looser fitting close and I ran 2 miles, which is a good start. Right around the 1 mile mark, I started to feel really good. Like I was in the swing of things. Check out the link

http://www.buddyrunner.com/joe.zanghi50

Workout:
2 mile Run
27 min and 30 Sec
14 min miles (weak!!!)

Here's the thing. Everyone who enjoys running has to enjoy that moment when they are completely out of steam and they are just running on will power alone. I imagine that's why people run for distance. For a well trained triathlete, that moment of exhaustion comes after running a much greater distance than I run. For me, that point comes around mile 2 or 3. It takes a great triathlete 20 miles to get to that point, and it take me 2 miles to get there, but when we get there we are the same. We are facing the same challenges and we must muster up the same amount of willpower to continue to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Even if we fast forward 3 years and I'm running 10-20 miles at a time, I'm still going to get to that moment of fight or flight and the battle is still going to be the same. So, I can never really be discouraged with only running 2-3 miles at a time, but I'm slowly learning to live in that moment and enjoy that I can win these small battles and push my body to that limit.

The reward is the same....total satisfaction