“I’m walking on sunshine… and don’t it feel good!”

Often times before I go for a run I give a quick shout-out to God. I ask him to give me a good run and to be with me through it. Sometimes I ask to just be able to finish it, while other times I ask for no side cramps, or no knee pain. Today. Well, today I asked God for a really good run. I told him that I just *needed* a good one… better than the one I had on Monday. Talk about an answered prayer.

Its taken me about a year, but today I got there. I did it. I. DID. IT. I DID IT!!! Today I ran 3 miles… outside… without stopping!!! Oh my gosh. I did it! The first mile and a half felt good. I was running my regular pace (at least it felt like I was) and then I just went for it. Instead of turning in where my run normally ends, I went around to start the route one more time. Each time around is a mile and a half. By the time I reached about 2, 2 ¼ I was definitely slowing down to the point where I remember actually questioning myself if I could walk just as fast. But I told myself not to stop. I told myself that I just needed to keep putting one foot in front of the next. I didn’t have any side aches, I didn’t have any hurting knees. I felt my quads pushing themselves, and (because I was running so slow) my breathing was fairly under control. Then I started to get excited because I realized I could do it. I could reach my goal today. And oh my goodness when I did, it felt great!!! I am so proud of myself. And you’ll almost never hear me say that. I am though. I was beginning to doubt that I ever would reach the goal. But I tackled my fear. I tackled my self-doubt and I did it. And it felt amazing. It still feels amazing! I feel some muscle soreness and I’m sure I’ll feel it even more tomorrow. But what matters is that I can say that I did it. And the best part is that I did it all for me.