My mind is the limit. It’s time to remove the limits.
Yesterday I decided to run 10K instead of the usual 6K – 8K that I do each day. I went to my usual pleasant and popular 5K course at a local public park. As usual, there were a couple hundred walkers and runners out there.
I didn’t feel any worse off after 10K and in fact contemplated doing more distance. My split times were better than my evening runs around the neighborhood. I’m not fast by any stretch of the imagination but when you are 45 seconds per mile faster at a longer distance . . . what gives?
No injuries. I’m going to stabilize at 10K for now until it is my default distance. Then, either push the distance or start pushing for speed. (Speed in a relative sense. I’m never going to be truly speedy. Let’s say a 60 minute 10K. Yesterday was 72 minutes.) I’m doing enough cardio (I think) for health purposes. Fifty to sixty minutes of running and elevated heartbeat should be good, right?
Health is why I’m here. But in addition I want to test my willingness to persevere, to run even after my body says it’s done for the day.