Half-mile warm up, 8 mile jog, dynamic drills and lots of stretching for a cool down. My favorite day of the week (running-wise)..aerobic run day! I love my long runs because I get to think a lot. A lot of the time in sprint workouts and tempo runs I am only thinking about my time and how much further till I am done. During my high-mileage runs, which are generally at a reasonably slow (8-minute-mile-ish), recovery-type pace, I am not really hurting for most of my run. I have the capacity to daydream and explore. These long runs are when I fall in love with running the most! A lot of times I just like to pray as I jog. I am thankful to God for this awesome sport and ability He has given me. Today I was especially thankful for the mountains and beautiful scenery He has placed me in...I feel like it would suck to have to run in a city or flat road for 8 miles. On one mile-long stretch of a back road I took out of campus, the sun was setting perfectly over the mountains on my right side and it just looked like heaven!! God is so good.
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