That title has nothing to do with the Super Bowl that was just played but I was a little upset that the Patriots did not pull it out in the end. I love Tom Brady and just the way that he conducts business on the field but hey you got to give the G-Men some credit, they did what they needed to do for a second time to shut the Patriots down just enough. This blog is not about the NFL, this blog is suppose to track my life and especially my training for the Salt Lake Marathon that will go down in April. Every time I go on a run, I am thinking about that race and how I need to prep myself for those last few miles. I have never ever ran that far but I am so ready for the challenge that it is going to be.
The funny thing is that I decided that I wanted to run this marathon on my mission, what was I thinking? Those were the words that kept going through my mind as I got back and started to running in the altitude, it was pretty bad. I had biked and ran a bit my last few months in the mission so I knew that I was in better shape than the runs were telling me but I would get done and just want to die, just lie on the floor and die. But this past week something happened to me, I think I actually fell in love with running and it all started with me not wearing a watch. I think when I run, I put to much emphasis on how fast I am going and all that stuff. I decided to leave the watch home and I was so much more relaxed, and running did not feel so painful anymore. I was just running because I wanted to and it was actually a lot easier, it felt so much better. But my friend, who I am running the marathon with wanted me to run a 12 miler with him on Saturday. I thought about that all week, because even though my runs were good they were not anything that showed that I could hold my own on a long run. He slept over at my house on Friday and we stayed up and just talked it, it had been along time since we had just talked about the good old days.
Waking up the morning was not that hard but I had a feeling that it was going to be pretty cold but his Iphone told us that it was 25 degrees so we both had hope that it would warm up. We did not factor in the wind but it was alot colder than it said it was but I was excited to get my run on. I started off a bit and turned to Dev and asked him at what pace we were running, he told me that it was about 7:17. I was super shocked, it was way to easy for that pace but I decided to slow down because I would rather slow down then crash at the end. But it was still a steady pace, the farther we got on the run, the better I felt. I realized something, that running was not as hard anymore because of all the stuff that happened to me on my mission. Even though I felt some pain in those last few miles, it was nothing compared to the doors that I had slammed in my face, rude jokes, people lying, and all that good stuff that happened on my mission. My mission helped me with my running and we had one last little hit to tackle before we were done and I just hit it pretty hard, I wanted to see what I had left and it felt pretty good. I don't think it was that fast but it was a great time and a huge confidence builder for me, I am in better shape than I thought. But I still have a long ways to go so that we can have a good marathon. Life is getting better, and running is my new love!!!
Really good job.
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