Short version: I got 4.5 miles in with 1 mile of walking for warm-up and cool-down.
Long version:
I intended to perform this run on Monday evening. However, my flight was canceled and my replacement flight got me to the hotel after 10:30 pm. By the time I got to the hotel it was too late for me to run.
So I planned to run my first work out of the week on Tuesday, only by Tuesday evening my Crohn's Disease was acting up and caused me tremendous pain in the gut. I had trouble even eating Tuesday evening. So I didn't run on Tuesday evening either.
So I planned to run my first work out of the week on Wednesday. I was very grateful that by Wednesday evening I felt good enough to run. On prior weeks I planned the first run as a 3 miler. Since I was worried that this evening might be my only night to run, I went ahead and ran my longer distance. When I started I planned to run 4 miles.
During the run though, I felt tired and out of breath. In fact I despaired that I'd be able to run the whole distance so I mentally permitted myself to only run 3 miles.
By the time I got to the 3 mile mark, I must have gotten my second wind and had started to feel very good. I extended my run out to 4 miles.
As I got to the 4 mile mark, I still felt good and pushed it out to 4.5 miles. When I got there I still felt good but I decided that I didn't have enough time to spare to continue the run and I wanted to lift weights and I didn't want to injure myself, so I finished at that distance.
I was very pleased with the results!
Long version:
I intended to perform this run on Monday evening. However, my flight was canceled and my replacement flight got me to the hotel after 10:30 pm. By the time I got to the hotel it was too late for me to run.
So I planned to run my first work out of the week on Tuesday, only by Tuesday evening my Crohn's Disease was acting up and caused me tremendous pain in the gut. I had trouble even eating Tuesday evening. So I didn't run on Tuesday evening either.
So I planned to run my first work out of the week on Wednesday. I was very grateful that by Wednesday evening I felt good enough to run. On prior weeks I planned the first run as a 3 miler. Since I was worried that this evening might be my only night to run, I went ahead and ran my longer distance. When I started I planned to run 4 miles.
During the run though, I felt tired and out of breath. In fact I despaired that I'd be able to run the whole distance so I mentally permitted myself to only run 3 miles.
By the time I got to the 3 mile mark, I must have gotten my second wind and had started to feel very good. I extended my run out to 4 miles.
As I got to the 4 mile mark, I still felt good and pushed it out to 4.5 miles. When I got there I still felt good but I decided that I didn't have enough time to spare to continue the run and I wanted to lift weights and I didn't want to injure myself, so I finished at that distance.
I was very pleased with the results!
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