oh dear, bit of a hiatus in writing this blog over the last few days (too many long hours on work stuff, this big pitch going on), but not a hiatus in my new running endeavours. Friday saw me on a treadmill again at 6am - 2.65 miles this time (2.5 last time). And amazingly I actually did a brief 3 mins splurge at higher speed towards the end and experienced the real thrill of actually being able to do so without collapsing. Very strange, it felt like my legs were going faster than was natural (albeit still not as fast as those of the people on all other treadmills around me......).

Then on Sunday I decided to try a new thing. Had to spend quite a bit of time in the office, so decided to run home - 3.2 miles according to Mapquest, over the Brooklyn Bridge. Three very satisfying things about this:
1. discovery that the route home is mostly downhill after the bridge. MUCH appreciated.
2. discovery that running home takes almost the exact same time as getting the subway or a taxi. Bizarre: those trains certainly SEEM to travel faster than I do, but maybe I underestimate my own pace....Possibly a reason to repeat this trip on foot though - would be a comparatively easy way to fit more exercise into a hopelessly over-scheduled life.
3. realization that having a destination and a sense of purpose makes running much more enjoyable. There was a big difference between running for a purpose (to get home, and by the time I"d promised my husband) vs running round in a circle or on a treadmill until my allotted time/distance are covered.

Anyway, no running today but planning to brave the gym again tomorrow before travelling to our New Balance meeting. And to continue this with zeal - if only because watching the 'funny' (funny to everyone except me....) video of my early running struggles is seriously humiliating: if we're going to repeat this in 2 weeks' time at the final pitch meeting, I need to show some progress. And I like the idea of doing so - progress for its own sake would be a big satisfaction.