Monday, September 12, 2011

18 Miles...

Finally!  I was finally able to make it over my 16 mile up and hit 18 miles. 

I must say, it has all been a mental thing lately.  My legs are fine, breathing is fine, just mentally I am toast.  I decided to make myself toughen up and went to the gym to run.  I had stayed up too late the night before to wake up super early, plus I thought a good mental beating on the treadmill would do me some good.  A mental beating it was.

Have you ever run 18 miles on the treadmill?  It is always funny because I see so many people come and go during my treadmill trek. 

I survived.  I wanted to stop at mile 13 and I told myself to man up and stop being a baby.  I had reasoned with myself to go to 15.  Then I decided that I needed to make it to 16.  I told myself I could stop at 16.  Then, I decided to stop being a pansy and run the full 18.  Glad I did. 

And boy, did I smell like a million bucks when I was finished...

3 comments:

Heather said...

I was at the Price Chopper yesterday & rolled on by Snap & saw you on the treadmill. You are so dedicated Keri & such a Rockstar :)

Tara said...

Stud. Yep, that's what you are, you couldn't pay me enough money to run 18 miles on a treadmill!

I am soooo happy that you were able to combat the mental aspect and get your miles in!

Wendy said...

So impressed! 5 always seems to be my limit on a treadmill.