Day Eight

Workout: Run 3 Min, Walk 1 Min Repeat 7 times Run 2 min
Route: From my apartment, down Benner to Cedar Lane to Route 27 for two blocks back down to Benner, up to Woodbridge Ave Down 11th and home.

Jesus Christ! That was rough. Though surprisingly, not as tough as the first day. I never got the Colossus legs, I just got the "Why the fuck am I doing this?" thought run past my mind a couple of times. I wanted to give up at the 7th rep for three minutes. My body ached, my lungs turned into a lava pit in the middle of my chest, but I kept on. How? I don't know. I impressed myself. I think if I can convince myself that I'm a masochistic enough, I can get into this whole running business. Apparently that's what it takes. Running is an abusive partner in the relationship...I need to learn that it only hurts me because it loves me. The funny thing is before the run, during our warm up walk, I was discussing with Andrew how awesome if would be if I could build up to the point where I could run to work in the mornings. And by run to work, I mean...run all the way to work. All 4.something miles. I'd have a killer body and ridiculous endurance. Not Marathon runner endurance...but I'm sure doing that everyday, 5 days a week, I would build up to get to 26.2 miles at some point.

I know I'm getting ahead of myself with this talk of marathons and even running four plus miles. But it's the thought that I can accomplish this that amazes me. Keeps me going. I want to be able to do this. If Rutgers has the Big Chill again this year, I think I'm going to sign up. It'll give me something to look forward to, something to keep me training. A goal I suppose.

Friday's run, which will be the 6th run for me is going to be intense. It's 4min of running. One minute of walking. Six repetitions. I struggled at the halfway point of three. It's going to be rough and I'll hate it. But no one ever said this was going to be easy.

Three more runs till 9, I feel like I'm making that a magic number, but by that point I should be alright.