Running for the distance

I orginally said that I would do 10-20 second sprints and speed walk in between, but then that all changed when I realized that looking a stop watch would make me unhappy about running at all.

When I started speed walking I thought to myself, I will run until I reach that second mailbox, I will run until I reach that stop sign. I'm going for the distance instead of the time. It's easier for me to see my goal if I Can see it right in front of me.

Sometimes I run farther then the goal I made for myself, the I tell myself I'll keep running until I don't want to.

I have never liked running, and decided to start doing it once our gov't decided to charge us 5 dollars to park at the mountain to go hiking. I love hiking, but I'm to broke to be paying to go hiking, so annoying. Running is free, well not free for my joints or muscles, but I don't have to pay money to run around my neighborhood, and I like that.

Anyhoo, I'm actually starting to like running around the neighborhood, I'm starting to like getting out of the house again. I'm loving the outdoors. Yay!