Friday the 10K, i mean...13th...

Last night, instead of my usual 5K, i decided to push and see if I could reach the perceivably unattainable: 10K. Its a goal that I've thought about, in passing...the same way Ive thought about running a half or full marathon...the same way I might think about being the President of the United States. I understood what I would need to do...and knew that if I did those things (training, mostly), that I could reach my goal. But putting that plan into action? Actually accomplishing what felt like a larger-than-life challenge? Scary! 

So, I tricked myself into it. 

I would say...just 10 more minutes, and then we'll decrease the speed. And then the 10 minutes had passed...and i kept going. When I looked at the machine and realized that I was already at 5.3K, I knew that I wanted to be able to say that I had run an entire 10. It was my brain and private events (yay for ABA) that had been stopping me all along. 

and after I was done, i gave myself a figurative pat on the back, limped back to the locker room, downed a coconut water and poured myself into a cab. When i got home, i did everything I possibly could to reduce swelling...2 fish oil capsules, 600mg ib profuen, 500mg excedrin, ice packs, elevation...whatever it took! And it worked--im feeling pretty good today :) 

so whats the next step? 1/2 marathon!! Id actually like to do a half ironman one day, but my fear of swimming in the ocean is interfering...too many years of watching Shark Week ;)