My new mantra

Last night I synced my ipod nano to my computer on the Nike site and it tracked me at 50 miles so far in 2010...pretty cool. One of the challenges you can track on the site is to run 210 miles in 2010 - totally got that one at the rate I'm going so I'll have to figure out a new goal. There is also a training module for 5K, 10K, etc. It is a 12-week program...I'm thinking about doing the 5K one, but I want to find anoter 5K first and plan it out accordingly - I'd like to do most of my runs for this outside. So, it has to be 40 or above for me to do that!!

My run was hard today. I ran with my "runningmad" play list (it gets me going when I need extra motivation) which is made up of motivational songs by mostly women - Kelly Clarkson, Alantis, Gloria Estefan, and more Kelly. I didn't feel like an elephant like the other day, but I just couldn't push it as hard as I wanted to. I ran my 3 miles in 29:09 which is about average for me now. I feel good that I did it, but I was feeling badly that it was hard to do and then I realized...I ran 3 miles!! I - ran - 3 (THREE) - miles!!!!!!! This is huge for me!! Again, never been the athlete, and certainly not the runner so this is huge for me! I'm starting to redefine what being a runner is...not that I'm training for a marathon, but I frickin' ran 3 miles...more than a lot of folks would ever attempt to do! At the end of my run, my ab workout and my stretching, I feel so powerful, like I could do anything. If I could bottle that feeling I would be a rich woman. But I need to remember that I can call upon that power at other times in my life when I feel less confident, less sure of myself, less strong. I need to remember my new mantra...I am woman, watch me run.