Is it 5:00am already? Geesh. What day is it? Do I have to work today? I'll hit the snooze button just once....That was 10 minutes already? Okay...up and at it girl!! You have no time for the rest of the day to get this run in, so get going. Where are my pants? My hat? Gloves? Do I need gloves today? I really need to wash this coat, cause it kinda smells. Okay, here I go...which way is the wind going today? Doesn't matter, does it? It is always blowing here. How long should I warm up....I should really stretch before these workouts...I never stretch...I feel pretty good! It's actually quite nice out today. I wish the sun would come out. Here I am at the corner already, my garmin says 9 minutes...maybe a bit longer for a warm up? Up to the next corner. Let's start the first interval down a little hill...give me some confidence. Okay...hit the lap button, here I go...my first sub-5minute kilometer! Look at me! I a flying!! I am a rockstar! That's gotta be like, 4 and a half minutes...whoops...what! Only 2 minutes...okay this is going to be hard...but not too hard, right? You signed up for this. Okay, just keep running, pump your arms a bit more, is that cute guy looking at me? "Mornin." He WAS looking at me! Too bad I look so crappy in my sweaty workout gear...okay...FOCUS!! Check the garmin...holy hell...30 seconds to go....push...push...WHEW! 1 km in 4:57. Just under the wire. But I have THREE more to go. Holy. This is going to be hard workout. Get ready for the next one. Find a good tune...okay, rest time is up...aaaaand...hit the lap again. Breathe, run, keep breathing, run some more, focus on form, don't look too far ahead, damn hills, keep going, is that guy going to stop?, he stopped, thank-god cause that would have sucked...look at garmin...omg I did it again...that one was super hard!! And I have two more. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this....Okay...go again...5 minutes of running...no problem...good form...is that a runner up there? Way up there? I am going to catch her. RUN! RUN! Okay, I caught her..."Morning!" I could barely gasp that sucker out...Look at garmin...shit...I have a whole minute left! Okay do not look again....4:55...4:56..4:57...4:58...4:59...5:00...exactly one km. I feel the wheels falling off. I don't think i have one more...c'mon! Yes I do!!! Okay...one more then you are done...Run, run, run...breathe, breathe, breathe...2.30 minutes...half way through this last one...my legs are hurting, my lungs are hurting...my chest is hurting...I LOVE this song...okay run to the song...how many time do you think i have listened to this song? FOCUS!!
DONE!! But the wheels DID fall off...only 980 meters in 5:00...good enough...what am I, an olympian? Nope. No medals or $$ on the line, just the satisfaction that I can do things I never thought possible...run it home and hit the shower.
This is gonna be a GREAT day!!!
3 comments:
I love reading internal monologues like this! Sounds like a great workout. Do you do these on a track so you know distance, or do you just find a likely spot and let the Garmin keep track.
ps, I can only dream of a 5 min K. In fact, I'd do the Snoopy dance of joy at a 6 min K, if my legs could do it after that.
Nice work Kel!
way to dig deep. and remember that the terrain was always changing beneath you so a 5 min km over and over was likely more difficult at one point than another. Well done.
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