Yesterday evening, I was on my way home after buying a new pair of running shoes, felt hungry and a little cranky that I still had a run in front of me, and then, magically, spotted a lady on the sidewalk with a cart, selling those beloved bags of cut up mango. I couldn't resist-- what could be better than a fruity summer treat?-- so I inhaled the bag of almost-ripe mango with lots of added hot sauce.
This oddly motivated me to get ready to run as soon as I got home... but once I started running, I could feel the hot sauce and mango combination sloshing in my stomach. Note to self: don't do that again!
WEEK 1, RUN 3: 3 miles
Mango/hot sauce debacle besides, it was a good run. And, to be honest, it was only bothersome for the first half of the run. By the time I looped back, I was feeling way more into the run. This time, I looped north, ran along the water up to Waterside, and then looped back down. The paths these summer days are crazy busy -- lots of runners, making it all look effortless. How do they do that? (Or I am also one of them without even knowing?). The subtext, here, is that this still feels too hard. Maybe my body simply got used to other exercises and now has to re-adapt to running, who knows... Hopefully the 6 mile run will break this type of thinking.
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