"I run therefore I am"

After two lazy days, I finally got my tail back in to the gym for a hard run. Dreading having to hit the gym after a long day at work, I had a few hours to kill before my weekly, night meeting. Lately, I've been running much slower than I am use to, but tonight I hoped to bumped it up quite a few notchs. On my way in to the gym, a fellow Tampanian stopped me and we chatted for a few minutes, which made the gym not as dreadful. Hopping on to the tredmill I really had no intentions of running fast, although the challenge had been posed. Typing in my information I hit the speed button. Keeping it at a 9 minute mile I was surprised how easy it felt running, more so then my pace lately. Partly, I was distracted by the zillions of people in the gym at the 5 o'clock hour and the raquetball games going on in front of me, but really I felt awesome. I turning up my itunes (loudly) and I decided I was going to really push myself. I kept my 9 minute mile for a good 30 minutes and didn't feel the need to slow down a bit. During peak hours you're only allowed to be on the equipment for that length of time, but I snuck in another 17 minutes to finish out my 5 mile run. Sweaty, and gross I took myself to the locker room to get ready for my meeting. I was SO glad I was pushed tonight, it was just what I needed for my training!