Mile Two
Today I headed out after work determined to put some miles (yes, you real that plural correctly) under my shoes. I did. I ran most of my walk (I suppose when you only walk about half a mile you can start calling it a run instead without inflating anything, right?), covering 2.8 miles in about 34 minutes. I say about because inevitably every time I try to get a good mileage read I touch the screen on my phone just right and it messes something up. Today I accidentally paused the tracker for a quarter mile that I ran right at the beginning with my best pacing. Grrr. But really, what does it matter? It DOESN’T! That said, it’s still fun to have an accurate read of what I’m doing. Technology.
I’m at this weird kind of point with my running. What next? I have realized it’s a mind over matter thing and once you get the endurance and lung burn out of the way, you’re left wondering how fast you should add mileage. I kind of asked around today to the folks who I know who run and they all just said listen to your body. Do what feels good and right. Add enough. And above all- listen to your body. After my hip scare I definitely am paying attention to that part, and it does deserve repeating for me. When I’m out there and I see the next goal (I can make it to the next corner, then stop) and then I hit that goal, take stock of my body and realize I feel the same as I did when I made the goal, I have a tendency to tell my brain to shut up and I keep going. Even if my legs are getting wobbly and my hips are getting achy.
The coolest thing was coming home from that run and entering the data into my livestrong account. It said I burned 860 something calories. I told Bradley and we were both doubtful. So then I went to this cool calorie burn calculator place online and it said that I burned over 1100 calories! Love working out at this weight. It is so gratifying! LOL!