Tropical Runnings

• Sat, Oct 10: (which really happened Mon, Oct 12) 5 miles, 1 hour. Yeah!!!! :)

Home in Barbados for the week. To highlight my dedication, I'll have you know that I actually called Barbados from NY on Friday to find out what my gym options were and to decide whether to do my Saturday run on Friday night. Nice, eh? lol

Since I traveled on Saturday, I didn't do my long run then. Meant to do it Sunday, but forgot that gym hours aren't the same the world over. By the time I called just after noon, it was almost closing time! Which meant that...

Sun, Oct 11: I was running around Eden Lodge Primary School's pasture, as I have in the past. lol I got in my half hour, so that's what counts. And thankfully there were lots of other people there playing football or basketball on the field and court, so I wasn't the entertainment that I was in the past. Still, it's hot in Barbados, and I'm happy to be doing most of my running in the gym and not at the side of the road (sidewalks not always present). And no, I'm not running on the beach. I would like to associate the sea and sand with sunning and reading a good book, not working out. Besides, there's no bag watch on the beach! lol

Which brings us back to Monday and the long run. I really did 5 miles. No one to motivate me but myself, kept obsessing about the time and the distance, and yet the feet kept moving. I'm very, very proud of myself. I suppose this is the way to mental toughness - the doing of it. A bit worried about the next and the next, for those long runs will keep getting longer, but still. 5 miles? I'll take it! :)