Running

Today I did 5 miles. I discovered a few things. First of all, walking fast the first mile is essential for me to warm up. I think running after biking will be different because I'm already warm/heart rate up, etc. I always run better if I walk first. The 3rd and 4th mile were fabulous. I had that rare feeling of being able to go forever. It was obviously fleeting, the 5th mile was rough. Anyway, I ran more than I usually do, so I feel like I'm improving. That's all I really care about I guess. The other thing I figured out is that I need to shake things up and make them different every run. By this I mean, different part of the trail, different music. I put my ipod on shuffle all songs instead of my playlist and I ran part of the trail I don't usually do. It was a great distraction and I didn't fall into the rut of running to certain songs, walking to others, or go to this point and turn around. I kept going.