Holy Shit!!

Oh Yeah....  I ran 4 miles... and it felt AMAZING!!   Well, I worked from home today and had every crappy file we have!  ARGH!  By the time 4:30 came around I was spent but not finished...so I changed into my running clothes and SEE YA!   Before I left I mapped out a 4 mile run because I had decided to start increasing my mileage and felt today was a great day to start- any chance to run in the evening sounds good to me.   Oh, and I also had my new Nike Tempo shorts and long sleeved running jersey on which for the record-was a dream to run in!   Well, I did my normal loop up around the school then headed out to La Veta to zig zag every street between the school and home to make the 4 miles....  probably about 3 miles in my knee started hurting a bit and I was starting to get tired BUT I did NOT stop!   I talked myself thru it- remembering things I've heard or read from other runners...like you should feel some pain because your pushing your body to it's limits.  I also remembered reading that as long as the pain does not change my stride and I'm not having to compensate for it and can still run then I'm ok.... and I reminded myself not to give up on myself that I would be OH SO HAPPY if I finished the 4 miles.  So I kept on running and I did it!   I am so very happy and proud of myself and can't wait to do it again.   I timed myself and it took around 46 minutes.  I always forget to stop the timer but shortly after stopping it said 46 min...