i stepped on the treadmill yesterday to give it a go in earnest for the first time in weeks. it was the the first day in many that i didn't feel completely at war with my crohn's and i wasn't super stuffy from whatever upper respiratory silliness has been lingering for a while. i felt great the first quarter mile or so. i even ran for four minutes straight (that isn't a long, nor is it a great athletic feat, but for me, who is not a runner, and who has bad knees, it was a good thing). around 1.25 miles, i started feeling a little worn out. maybe i had started out too fast? maybe i was dehydrated? maybe i was just that pathetically out of shape? i kept at it and had hit two miles before i thought i would. i was adjusting the speed between 3.8 and 4.2 and kept putting one foot in front of the other. i started to get my stride in order and was feeling pretty good by the middle of the second mile. i decided to focus more on time than distance and got in a solid 55 minutes before i shut it down. it wasn't the fastest pacing, it certainly wasn't the most even, but it was a good distance and time for having been away from it for almost two months and i'm happy with it.
as for the rumor...the buzz is that this is going to be run at night this year. at night!
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