It’s been a few days since my last run, and I’ve been getting antsy. I want so much to just do better. So, this morning was really anxious to get out there. At the same time, I was feeling sort of cautious. Last night, I went to a barbecue at a friend’s house and had a couple of beers. This morning, I was still belching out some beer gas, which wasn’t a good sign. Oh, but it was nothing a lot of water couldn’t fix.
We were doing 10 minute intervals. The instructor and the run leaders changed the route by just doing the route backwards. Throughout, I decided to take it easy. I kept an eye on my heart rate monitor and tried to keep things below 180 bpm. If I was getting a bit high over, I slowed down. I think that made a huge difference. That helped me to not tire out too quickly. Even though I was close to the rear, I was still feeling alright. The first two intervals went by really well. Soon we were on the third, and I was feeling a bit tired, but still doing fine. As people turned around to rein the group together, they’d ask me how I was doing. Each time I replied: “I’m hangin’ in there!” I was. By the end off the third interval, we were still far from our starting point, and one of the run leaders started wondering: “What in the world is going on? Something is a bit off…” I just thought we were running slower than usual. I mean, we were usually done after about 3 and a bit. The fourth interval was tough. I was really slowing down, but I kept going. By the end of that one, I was really puzzled. Why weren’t we there yet???
In the end, we ran four intervals and a little bit. As we gathered, one of the run leaders announced that we had run 6.2km. What? Holy crap! 
6.2km in 42 minutes isn’t all that bad, I guess. I keep mentioning this, but yeah, I never would have imagined running that much and this far. It’s amazing. Everyone was all smiles then and there.
I have to say that we’re doing fantastic for a learn to run class. It’s a little bittersweet for the class to come to a close. However, I’m ready to take on the 5k class. I want to be stronger! I want to run farther! Gotta keep going!
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