A Perfect Running Day

Today was mostly cloudy & cool, but not at all cold, and a few rain drops were falling here and there. As I began running this morning, I remembered that today was the Moab half-marathon and five-mile that Mark & I were hoping to run (but we weren't picked in the lottery). In honor of that I thought maybe I'd push myself up the Reading hill today. When I got to the hill (it comes after 1 mile) the Go-Go's song We Got the Beat came on the iPod. I told myself I wasn't going to stop running up this hill until the song was over -- well, when the song stopped I found myself at the top! Wa-hoo! I decided to keep going on my 5K route, telling myself that I could take a short cut back home if I wanted to. However, my feet just kept on going and I ran the whole 5K route! Another wa-hoo! When I stopped I felt like I could have gone longer if I wanted to -- it was a great feeling. It wasn't five miles, but it was a 5K! I haven't run that entire route for a long, long time, so I was excited about that and it was an even better feeling to still have energy left over. I can't help but wish there were lots more days when I felt great running instead of feeling like my feet are made of lead bricks (like most days).