Oh man, I hit a major milestone tonight.....are you ready.................I ran on the treadmill!! I know, I know, I am sure you are impressed. I knew this night was coming but I didn't expect it to come so soon. I mean, it's only been 2 years since I have done so :). Further, it's been a lifetime since I ran on a treadmill and actually enjoyed it! Tonight I got home after a very stressful day at work, running errands and the RS party and knew that I wanted to try and run but also, assumed I would be very tired, since I usually am at 9:30. However, I put on my new racing flats (thanks to Steve at St. George Running Center's sale) and headed down stairs. I had planned on only going 3-4 miles or so but at mile 3, I felt like I had just started. My breathing felt great, legs felt strong, I was in heaven (this is a first since the marathon). It felt like I was dreaming (you know how those running dreams go, when you run and run and run and don't get tired? It's heavenly). Well, I decided to go 5 miles but still felt awesome, so I figured "why not just finish a 10K", so..I did. If time had permitted, I would have gone farther, but I have to allow myself time to calm down before going to bed. However, this is exciting for me because this may be something that I can do to get me through the winter (that apparently is going to be brutal given the amount of snow fall received over the past 2 days). Anyway, I feel as if I am on cloud 9 and the only one I have to share it with is the FRB given my entire family is sound asleep now. So, there is my exciting news. I am off to shower and to get some sleep. Night~ (Setting 7.0-7.4 on the treadmill which calculated out to be miles 1-2.5 8:49, 2.5-4 8:34. 5th mile at 8:20ish and the last mile at 7:53).
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