After last week's run I have spent the last few days pretty certain that I go back down to a slower group. I have been anxious all week and haven't done much running. All I have done all week is stretch and roll around on the foam roller, rolling out the knot in my right leg.
That thing hurts, I made myself cry a couple of times as I rolled away the knot.
Even up to 5 minutes before we ran, I was going to go back to the slower group but at the last minute I decided to stick with Danielle and run with group 8.
It was amazing. I felt so great the entire run, we did a pace of 11:38 mins per mile for 14 miles and I came home and felt great.
At the end of the run, the pace leader was taking us through our stretches and she asked the group who thought that 14 miles was easier than the 13 miles the week before. Alomost 75% of the 40 people in my group raised their hands.
Amazing. She reminded us that our experience will vary with each run and may not necessarily be incrememental. She said that the first time that she took on training for a marathon, she had a terrible run at 9 miles and thought for sure that that meant that 9 miles was her limit. Then she kept going and has now run 20 plus marathons.
I like the freedom in knowing that each experience does not necessarily lead to the next and I can put behind a bad experience as nothing more than that. It doesn't have to mean anything.
And if I do want it to mean something, then I can decide what it means. Last week was bad because I hadn't been stretching. Creating that meaning allows me to use that experience in a positive way.
So now I am in Group 8 and I am here to stay!
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