Well ! Well ! This morning I actually gathered the mental resolve to attempt a lap of the Bay. Despite my much loved lap of the Bay being a core part of my life for almost 20 years I have not visited it for about 7 weeks. My absence was a result of a slight muscle strain that would not fully recover, fatigue from the hormone treatment and well just being plain lazy.
I had missed it but I also I knew I was not really ready to start up serious training. My concern was that if I did not start soon I would just fall into a no running lifestyle.
Thankfully I worked hard on my mental attitude yesterday and ran the Bay this morning in the early morning heat haze. Having not run for that 7 weeks my thought was there would be a lot of walking although I intended to resist that for as along as I could. Therefore it was with great deal of trepidation that I clicked the the start button on my Garmin, took a large breadth and started.
After a short distance the negatives thoughts started and the option to start walking become a real possibility. Then the worst 'wimp' came to mind and so the lap progressed. Thankfully a great friend could me about halfway round and our non stop chat from then got me to complete the lap without a walked step. A very positive outcome and completely unexpected.
The time was not relevant - really. No runner says that and means it. It would be nice if that was true sometimes for some runs but not this time for me. I needed a benchmark to measure my starting positing and where my efforts might take me relative to the past. So 48.15 is now the stating line in the sand.
I am eyeing my first marathon that is in 2 weeks so I have a focus that is close that hopefully will get me motivated and focused.
