Thanks Daylight Savings Time!

Maybe it is daylight savings time giving me more daylight, getting back to blogging last night, or the warmer weather today, but as I sit in the waiting room at the chiropractor's I realize today is the first time in a VERY long time I'm looking forward to my training run! (it also doesn't hurt that today is only a 4 mile run ha ha!) Whatever the reason I'm hoping this is a sign of positive things to come!

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After I finished at the chiropractor where I complained that walking down stairs was close to torture (and where I may have yelped a few choice words as he adjusted me and worked out adhesions) I felt a great deal better about my sore/fatigues legs and I felt ready to take on the run I was, amazingly, not dreading! 

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I set out into the "warm" March afternoon with the sun preparing to set on the gorgeous day we had. Wearing shorts and a light running jacket was incredible and reassured me that better weather and better outdoor training was right around the corner.  The path I ran wasn't hilly but it was right for me and the place I've been mentally and physically with my running.  I had pain but I felt great knowing that each mile I ran was giving me splits I could maintain and get me to my BQ time.  One could argue that running an 8:11 mile is easy when you are only running 4 flat miles, but I can counter with the knowledge I did my run on a day where I winced walking down steps....

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After I finished my run I walked a bit to take in the setting sun and positive feeling my run left me with.  I'm going to continue to take the good with the bad and since I've been having so many negative feelings I wanted to take the time to share this great experience I had today.  

I even took a post run selfie to remind me  when I'm have a bad run that days like today make it all worth it!  

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Happy Running!