The Tenth Mile

The miles get easier with each one I run. My time has gone down dramatically. I only have minimal muscle soreness, in weird places I didn’t know existed. And I feel pretty good afterwards. I’m not in shape yet, still working on that, and I have developed a cough from running in the chill of the devastating Florida winter, but I’m getting there.

Mile #10 wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t ideal. I tried a new route which wasn’t the typical loop I run. Because of that I ended up further from home than I expected and walked slowly back out of breath and wondering why I didn’t think “run a circle!”

It was a also on a Friday afternoon. I don’t like running on Fridays. I don’t like doing much on Fridays. Anything on a Friday is an inconvenience. Luckily, it’s just a mile (for now) and is over pretty quickly and I’ve definitely learned my lesson about ending closer to home.

It’s still not much, but it’s good to see the dollar amount in double digits. It keeps rising and should start to build up pretty quickly. And I’m about THISCLOSE to pushing past a mile a day.