You know that feeling when you accomplish something you have been dreaming of? Running a marathon, losing weight, getting that new job, it could be any of those. Today was a little goal for me, I found Bluff Lake Reserve, this really cool nature reserve about a hour from my house. I had been reading about Bluff Lake Reserve since last summer and I was dying to go find this meadowy oasis and excited to go run some where new. Everything I had read made it sound like Bluff Lake Reserve was really hard to find and no one I knew from the mountains had ever been there so I was expecting it to be down a horrible dirt road that was un drivable and it would take me hours to run there. Well it did take me hours to run there, but more because I’m slow. The road was not bad at all and I actually discovered I could have parked miles closer and run way less but I had an epic 8.5 mile morning run and found a really nice new running trail through the forest so I do not regret anything that happened this morning. It’s a Monday morning. It’s five a.m. and I worked until eleven last night. I drove home in twenty one minutes, pretty fast for my daily commute. I was in a hurry. I needed to sleep ASAP so I could get up at dawn to run and train for my up coming half marathon. My race is in six days. I’ve had set back after set back this month. First I sprained my back lifting heavy vegetables, than I got a very light case of the flu. I have not been training the way I would like and having the flu, when I do run my body has been so sore even after doing very little mileage, plus when I run I’m coughing crap up ala a hardcore smoker or Stevie Nicks. I’m a mess. The last few days I’ve been eking out a few little runs, thinking I can not possible run 13.7. ??? miles by Sunday morning at eight a.m. Than this morning, after I chugged a bunch of coffee and a sports drink, I ran 8.5 miles near Big Bear Lake… And I wasn’t even tired! I am so happy with my body at this moment.
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