Alone Again

My first run alone in three weeks...without my black belt body guard, my pace setter coach, my Garmin tracker, or even my faithful Sunday running pal who always lets me set the agenda. I was thinking to myself: I can't do this, it's too hard, I don't WANT to run, I can't do it ALONE. Like I said in my last post, thank God I am signed up for that 10K, I swear it is the only thing that got me out on the pavement this morning.

But my big stick got me out there...and guess what?

I was fine. I CAN do it. It was even quite enjoyable, the weather has cooled down, it was overcast and there was a nice breeze. I haven't listened to my Mp3 songs in those three weeks so it was nice to hear some of them again. I ran past friends' houses, followed my familiar loop, let my thoughts flow, and it felt good. Alone can be quite okay sometimes.

Ended up doing 7.2 kilometers in 48 minutes - wonder what my coach would make of that?