Relief.
Friday morning I ran another 2 miles at an 11:22 pace, then today was my Long Run Day and the Smartcoach Plan told me to run 3 miles at an easy pace of 12:31, which is one second slower than the previous recommended pace. I had to laugh at that. One second slower? Um, okay. I'll try my best to make my overall pace today for three miles exactly one second slower. LOL. All kidding aside, the main point was to run a little slower, which I did, and wound up running an 11:30 pace.
I was actually sort of dreading today's run, only because it was longer and I hadn't gotten sufficient sleep the past couple of nights. I would have rather relaxed and did some work on the computer, or even just did some housework. But I made myself get my running gear on, and just went.
Then I was surprised that it wasn't a bad run at all. For the first time in a long time, running 3 miles seemed almost easy. Because I was running slower, I didn't feel like I was killing myself. The only thing that bothered me was the heat, but it was so much more bearable at the slower pace.
It was such a relief, and very encouraging to me. I think I might be able to do this.
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