I’m Done With Fat

Day 19

Thursday I did my Week 6 Day 2 run which consisted of two 10 minute runs.  Both felt really good but my pace was nothing too impressive and I assume that must come with time.  People must be recognizing me on the trail more and more, because now they are waving at me and talking with me, instead of just avoiding the fat blob bouncing slowly down the trail, trying to avoid me like the plague.

Day 20

This weekend I took a trip to visit my parents so I did my Week 6 day 3 run in a new place.  I am used to running surrounded by trees a shade, my new place of enjoyment only had a handful of trees littered down the street and even less shade.  My goal for this day was 25 minutes, and so I began.

I grew up in this neighborhood and knew it well from the endless bike trips I took from one place to another.  From what I remember it was a pretty big area.  What I came to find out was that it wasn’t as big as I remember.  I felt good my whole run and felt like I could go longer when it was quitting time.  I got my pace down to 13.39 which is best pace yet so I have to be improving in speed.

Day 21

Today was my first day of week 7 and I think I found out my thought process as I start running. It consists of:
‘Why the hell am I doing this again?’
‘Oh good now the pain is starting’
‘You’re not going to be able to finish today’
‘Just Quit’
‘No, I am not going to quit this time, I can do this’
‘Damn, only been running for two minutes’
‘No, stop looking at the watch,

At this point I just convince myself that I need to finish and that I deserve to finish for myself and myself only. If I quit, I will look back at this point in a year, just like I have done every year for the past 5 years, and be disappointed, again, in myself.   Not today, not this time.

Tags: exercise

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