It took me two weeks, a clicking knee, and a few sore muscles, but I finally got past the one-mile barrier. I’ve been trying not to push myself too hard until my endurance builds up – something to do with that whole lungs of a little girl thing – but it was finally there today as I made it through mile #15 and the first half of mile #16.The weather has warmed up and will probably be tolerable for quite a while. This is Florida after all and despite it almost being Thanksgiving, we’re still reaching the 80s easily. With weather like that, I’m starting to think I started this quest at the right time. If I had started in July or August, I might have quit by now. Hopefully by then I’ll be far enough into it that, well, heat be damned.
I’m glad I was able to get further than just one mile. For me, it means my body is tolerating running more and more. My mind still hates it, with a passion, but my body is dealing with it so far. More importantly, it means more money raised for the fight against leukemia, for cancer research, and for Hospice. Not a lot more, but I’ll end that with what I always do in my mind when I change the numbers to the right…yet.
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