Day 4,389—Long Run on the Track: the opposite of Yesterday’s Run—
I was moving slowly, feeling groggy when I started running. This morning, I was doing chores and trying to catch up on the pushups I didn’t do yesterday, and my daughter kept asking me if I was going to go running soon. I planned to run 20 to reach my goal of 80 miles for the week, but the way I was feeling, I didn’t know what I would be able to do. I went directly to the track and started running close to a 12-minute mile. I thought I might be at 11 and 12-minute miles for a while. Once I started on the track, I tried to make up for the first two slow miles so I could get closer to 10-minute miles for the first hour. I didn’t get there by the first hour, but I was doing a better job of going faster and keeping better form. After over two hours, I went to get some water and was shocked to discover that the water fountains weren’t turned on!?!!!! The only one I could use had barely any pressure, so I was using my collapsible cup to get as much as possible. It t...
