Today I ran to honor NyAnn's spirit. I ran inspired by NyAnn's spirit. The freedom of outdoors. Living to the fullest. Never backing dow.
I left from my house and ran over to Regester headed toward Loch Raven. First mile 8:04.
Second mile--on to Loch Raven, around the Mars and post office, and back to Northern Parkway to head more into the city--7:42.
Third mile--continuing along Loch Raven and onto Woodbourne--7:37.
I ran across Woodbourne to where it turns into Homeland--7:27.
So far so good. I was supposed to run 8:15 to start and get faster by 15 seconds per mile. A little too fast to start but okay.
Then I ran across Homeland to Charles and turned north on Charles. A good amount of up. I could not get faster--7:28.
I continued north on Charles. No faster: 7:32.
Then, I reached a much flatter area and thought to myself, I have a choice. I can go for it or I can hang. I said to myself, I am not out here just to hang. I thought to myself--I am here to see what I'm made of and what I can do. I thought to myself--persevere.
So, I ran the last two at 6:59 and 6:55.
Then I ran home at 8:15.
I didn't hit the 6:30 I was supposed to and being stuck at 7:30's for an extra two miles was not on plan. But I enjoyed the run overall. I loved doing a progress outdoors. I loved the challenge. I gave it what I had. I surprised myself by really pulling those last two down. And I think that I captured the spirit that NyAnn lived out every day.
I hope to continue to do that. Although I only know I ran past her once in person and I only followed her on social media for a little over a month, I think that she has a spirit very much like mine. Live. Love. Learn. Share. Count every day as a blessing. Always look on the bright side of life.
Total miles--1506. Just keeping on moving.
I left from my house and ran over to Regester headed toward Loch Raven. First mile 8:04.
Second mile--on to Loch Raven, around the Mars and post office, and back to Northern Parkway to head more into the city--7:42.
Third mile--continuing along Loch Raven and onto Woodbourne--7:37.
I ran across Woodbourne to where it turns into Homeland--7:27.
So far so good. I was supposed to run 8:15 to start and get faster by 15 seconds per mile. A little too fast to start but okay.
Then I ran across Homeland to Charles and turned north on Charles. A good amount of up. I could not get faster--7:28.
I continued north on Charles. No faster: 7:32.
Then, I reached a much flatter area and thought to myself, I have a choice. I can go for it or I can hang. I said to myself, I am not out here just to hang. I thought to myself--I am here to see what I'm made of and what I can do. I thought to myself--persevere.
So, I ran the last two at 6:59 and 6:55.
Then I ran home at 8:15.
I didn't hit the 6:30 I was supposed to and being stuck at 7:30's for an extra two miles was not on plan. But I enjoyed the run overall. I loved doing a progress outdoors. I loved the challenge. I gave it what I had. I surprised myself by really pulling those last two down. And I think that I captured the spirit that NyAnn lived out every day.
I hope to continue to do that. Although I only know I ran past her once in person and I only followed her on social media for a little over a month, I think that she has a spirit very much like mine. Live. Love. Learn. Share. Count every day as a blessing. Always look on the bright side of life.
Total miles--1506. Just keeping on moving.
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