What great progress you made in your challenge! You set a goal and you reached it- that is so impressive! I love goals. I find they keep me focused and motivated. I also love reaching goals. I ran my 3rd half marathon on Sunday and I loved it. It was such a different experience than my other races. At the end of my first two I was depleted and begged for the finish line. This time around, perhaps because I had several more long runs in my training or maybe my dietary changes, it felt different. I felt strong the entire race and I didn't need to distract myself from pain or discomfort. Talk about progress. I ran this race with my friend Melissa, it was her first race ever. I registered to run this race WITH her which meant I let her choose our pace, we ran at a pace of 9 minutes and 35 seconds per mile, which is somewhere around a minute faster per mile than my last time around. I also finished feeling as though I could have kept going, I could have sprinted. It was such a show of progress that I felt elated all afternoon. I registered for another half next month where I plan to run sub 2 hrs- which is a pace of 9 minutes and 8 seconds per mile- which I now know I can obtain with ease! I plan to spend the next 5 weeks with varied training, adding sprinting and weight training, to really give myself some reserve power.
As for your ride- I am so impressed by your strength and progress. Now that you crushed the first part of 2014 with weight loss what is your next goal? Do you have a goal time for your tour de cure ride? Everett got me a bike for my birthday (yes, back in January) that arrives tomorrow, finally! For months we have talked about our hope to start a weekly tradition of riding to a little breakfast spot we like called Murray's in Tivoli every Sunday morning. I think we get to start this week!! I can't wait.
Congrats on your hard work and results!
You amaze me friend!
xo
Jeni
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