Making Progress

As I move forward with my training I'm finding myself making more progress than I ever expected. I'm getting faster and feeling stronger after many of my runs and I love the feeling of pushing my body to do more than I did previously.

I've been a runner for a long time, but it seems like this time around running agrees with me a bit more. I remember joining cross country in high school and not being able to finish our practice runs without stopping, exhausted and out of breath, to walk. I finished just about every race that season dead last...but I did finish. The experience of being on that team was important because it was one of my first experiences of really having to struggle at something that I wanted so badly and just wasn't good at.

Now my running feels more natural and not so much like something I'm fighting against...Maybe because I'm older and don't care so much about what other people think of my running, or maybe because I've just put in enough time over the years to make my body a bit more efficient. Whatever it is, I like it.

This week in running:
Monday: 5.5 miles solo in Culver City
Tuesday: 6 miles with a friend in West Hollywood
Wednesday: hill training with Team in Training. It was surprisingly fun!!
Thursday: 4.5 miles with friends through downtown Culver City
Friday: Rest
Saturday: TBD
Sunday: 10 miles with Team in Training

This weekend we move into double digits for our long run...10 miles!! I'll write all about it afterward.