Tonight I was stranded 6 miles from home so I pointed myself
north and ran until I got to my couch.
Ok to be more accurate I was at a sports potluck with the family and
decided to run home rather than join the others on the drive (but you have to
admit the first one sounded way cooler).
In the first half mile I thought back to my sixth post ofthis blog in which I said I think I could run a marathon distance if I was 26.2
miles away from home and had a little food and water on the way and an iPod
full of podcasts . I had my reasons, and I still do, but the first half mile of
tonight’s run I seriously considered retracting that sixth post, at least
partially.
By the end of the second mile I had slipped into a rhythm and
my focus shifted from discomfort to the witty insights from the hosts of the
How Stuff Works podcast. When I reached
my couch there was no doubt that I had just exerted myself but I could have
continued too.
I’m looking forward to my marathon run, whenever it happens.
I only hope tonight’s run doesn’t taint the purity of my unprepped run.
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