Turtles Can Run

Today I went out to do a 10 mile easy run.  I was a little worried about my energy level because I started my run at 2:30 and that is the time of the day when I get a little sluggish.  Started out easy, warmed up for a couple of miles and then settled  into a good pace.  I felt really good, like I was moving along but not pushing myself to hard.  Around mile eight these two  high school  girls came gliding past.   This upset me a little,  I guess because I felt like I was pushing hard and they just flew by and their running looked effortless.  I did not try to catch up with them but I did pick up my pace a little.  Then to add insult to injury a woman pushing a double stroller comes up from behind and passes me, I picked up my pace, did not pass her but stayed right behind her.  She then proceeded to give her husband the stroller and then she took off like a flash and I never saw her again.  I ran my little heart out the rest of the run, and finished my 10 miles in 1 hour and 28 minutes.  And even though that is a good pace  for a ten mile easy run, I felt like a turtle out there.  I am not saying this in a self pitying way, being passed by other women may tick me off at the time  but ultimately it motivates me, it helps me realize I can go faster.  I have already made a good amount of progress,  I used to be a much slower turtle, less than a year ago my goal was to be able to run a ten minute mile, and now I can run an eight minute mile.  But I want to be able to run faster, and for a longer distances.  I will continue to work, and continue to get faster, and someday double stroller mom won’t be able to pass me with or without her  stroller.

Slow and Steady Still Finishes the Race

-Middalia Wayman

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