16 April 2008
Repeats!
Posted by Kristin Linscott under: Kristin Linscott .
I’d never done a workout like yesterday’s! Those 1000 meter repeats totally kicked my butt…but I feel AWESOME today. And with the beautiful weather this week…I don’t think I could ask for more.
As I’ve become more and more into the running way of life, I’ve come to realize that runners are the most friendly people. On our warm up run to Calvin College last night, everyone was chatting it up, saying hello to passerby’s…it was really amazing how much positive energy was surrounding me. And let me tell you…I really needed that positive energy more than ever this week. I’ve had a lot of negativity around me lately. A great breath of fresh air.
Well totally random…I was running back to the EGR track with this amazingly friendly man. Turns out that he is the husband of my high school French teacher! We were in the EGR neighborhood and she pulled up and honked at us…it took me a minute to register who it was - crazy! Oh the random things that happen while running…small world too!
Back to the topic of the repeats…I just have to share that I almost died on my 5th one. As I said before, I’ve had a bit of negative vibe around me this past week. It’s amazing how during a run you can harness that negative energy within and around you and put it to good use. I won’t tell you the thoughts that were going through my mind while kicking out that last stretch of track…it wouldn’t be very nice words in my blog. But hello…I found something inside that just boiled out and over - and for that second I could feel all my pissyness and other people’s crappy attitudes get dumped and left behind me. It felt great.
Thank God for those repeats!
2 Comments so far...
Nick Says:
17 April 2008 at 3:37 pm.
Y’all should know that I ran a few of those repeats with Kristen, and she was kicking fanny! Nice job, Kristen!
Juile Hurley Says:
17 April 2008 at 8:35 pm.
Whoo hoo … way to go Kristin!