As I slowly grazed through the neighborhoods of North Brook it occurred to me, I AM DUMB! It did not take a trained lip reader, psychic or worker at worlds of fun to guess what people where thinking and saying as they watched me. What in the hell is he thinking. Maybe it was the buckets of sweat glistening (or pouring) off me like I just jumped out of the pool. Maybe it was the look of agony on my face as if I had broken all of my ribs on one side. Possibly it was the breathing that resembled that of an asthmatic pug. What ever the case lets just say I could have been mistaken for the "special kid" running to the pool.
With all that been said, run number one is in the books and the training has officially begun. I know that many people would think that 2 miles is no big deal and that I am maybe being a bit dramatic. To this I say, "so what! Its my blog!" In all seriousness this is the very point in which I started this training. I used to run 4 miles like it was a daily chore with ease. I want to get back to that point and be that crazy a-hole who can run for an hour at an 8min/mile pace. But in due time people. I am overall happy with the results of the run. I was able to run at a 9 min/mile pace for the first 1+ mile before having to walk some. Training is a very gradual process and have to refer back to track my senior year in high school. The first meet was cold and blustery and I ran a 54 second 400m. The last meet was warm and windy and I was standing on a podium as a state champion. I guess the point I am making is that I cant expect to be at 8 min/mile on the first run of training when its Africa hot outside.
Overall I feel good and am looking forward to my Wednesday 3 mile run. I am grateful for you that read this and promise to entertain with more then just running results. I will tell you I have a lot of songs on my Ipod and already had some interesting thoughts about certain songs I will share in the best entertaining way the reverend knows how.
peace out
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