Ok so yesterday was a day I had thought about for a week or so. I have a 20 game season ticket package to the Twins and yesterday was going to be my first game where I also had a scheduled run. I know we get back too late to do it afterwards and let's face it I just am not going to get up early and do it. I was worried I'd cave to my brain telling me its ok to miss it. I wasn't too focused on it but yesterday afternoon I looked at the clock, and decided to go home around 4:30. I got home was able to do a 4 mile run in 40 mins take a shower and go to the game. I would never have done this in the past but now I know I always have time to get it done and can't make any excuses about it. BTW I feel its pretty awesome that my daily maintanence run on my training program is now 4 miles. That just seems crazy to me because I remember back in February when my friend had told me that the 5k we were going to run was a 7k (he was mistaken about which race we were running but I didn't know that at first). I was freaked because I didn't think there was any way in hell I could run that far and know its practically my maintanence run. 7 miler on Sunday should be interesting.
On another note, I've noticed that my maintanence runs always seem more brutal than my long run. I always do my maintanence runs in the area around my house which is very hilly and has one big nasty hill that is in the last mile of the run which pretty much makes me want to shoot myself when I'm going up it. These hills have really been making my long runs easier because I typically go to this nice long trail a little ways from my house to run them. It is a very flat and somewhat scenic trail but the hills around my house make those extra miles go by much easier. If you are looking to increase distance I recommend giving it a shot, it seems to work well.
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