Summer

So I noticed I haven't really kept up to date with this thing so since it's the summer and I honestly have nothing better to do than play video games all day and eat huge amounts of things that are bad for me I have decided to begin posting every day. I will mainly focus on running this summer because I want to see my progression from basically nothing to the end of cross country.

I was finally cleared a couple weeks ago and have been doing a bit of running trying to make up this season that I unfortunately lost. I took some time off because I decided to rush into it too soon and began to feel kind of a tug in my hamstring. Then finals came and with trying to spend time with my friends before the school year ended running took a backseat to my social life.

This summer I can't use that excuse. School is over and there is nothing to do all summer long. I have pretty much alienated most of my old friends or don't see some of them making the effort so I will probably spend some time with some of my friends from the dorm a bit but besides that it will be me and the roads. That means many hours of me outside pounding the pavement day by day. At least until my running partner gets out of school.
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Anyways. Today went with me trying to postpone my run all day. I used memorial day as an excuse to not run yesterday. It might just be the fear of the pain I knew I would feel from the first couple runs or it may just be laziness. Either way I had to realize that I was not running while everyone else was. I reminded myself that this is the year where it is time to make history and for me to finally be able to race at 100%. Freshman year was amazing but I never felt like I was able to run perfect. I was either hurt or had to take time off so I wouldn't get more hurt. It was stressful but it did come with many successes.

So once it began to cool down I went off on my run. I wanted to ease into training this week so I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. I chose to run an out and back 4 mile run. I went flat today so that I wouldn't have to work too hard just yet. I should have known better. I can say one thing though, me out of shape now is much faster than what I was last summer. I arrived at 2 miles in 13:55. Just cruising, enjoying the nice breeze and the clear summer skies that just invited me to go.

As I ran back towards home I noticed that my pace quickened. I was running much faster than I originally was but I was okay with it. It was like I was testing myself. I was still aerobic all throughout, I was breathing too hard, I was relaxing and I couldn't help but smile, there is something to look forward to this summer. If this is how well I am running off basically nothing, I can't imagine how I will be after a full summer of training!

As I came to a stop in front of my house and clicked my stopwatch and took my shoes off I glanced at it. 27 minutes 19 seconds. Nice little negative split. This summer is looking up.