A BUG flew into my Mouth...

And other things I think while running.

Another bug in my mouth. geesh. Do I need to take off my makeup before I go running.
Bug... is that carb or protein... I think it's protein, mostly.

What was that?! oh, a bunny. that's not scary. I'm just running through the woods on purpose. And, I'm pretty sure I can't run any faster. So I hope it's a bunny.

The butterflies are pretty. That's a butterfly right? or is that a dragonfly? It's moving to quickly to tell.

Is my left leg moving differently than my right?

this is hard.

I have to keep going.

I made it 18 minutes, how much longer do I have to go. I'm not sure I can do it. I have to do it. 1 minute and 15 seconds. I can do that.... am I going up hill? will it still count if I turn around and go down hill for the last minute.... ahhhhh flat straightaway. I like that....

done!

Really I did it.
I ran for 20 minutes in a row! I didn't think I could do that. And, I did it! I really did. I didn't run a ten-minute mile pace, but I could tell that I was running a lot faster and more strongly at the end than at the beginning. And I clearly lost about five pounds of sweat on the way. hopefully some of it becomes really gone. I also am not as hungry when I'm doing this more regularly.

I didn't run as hard as I might have, because I really wasn't sure about running for 20 minutes straight, so I was holding back a little. And I think it was about right. But this makes me more confident to run faster when I go back to intervals on my next run. I'm going down to 18 minutes total with two three minute walks. I will try to go a little faster.

I'm also officially in the second half of the running program. This is very cool. I'm really glad this run was so long. It really makes me feel like I can do it all!

Tomorrow I play softball. I think that will be a good thing and fun and active.