I Have A Goooooooal!!!!

After Weeks and Weeks of training without much focus, I have Finally realized a *Goal!*  One of my first posts was about finding a goal.  FInally, I have one.  Granted, it's not a goal that's going to change my life or push me to extremes that I've never been to before, BUT it's a *Goal!*

I Must have a goal.  I Must have focus.  Now, I Do!  You see, yesterday's run gave me something to think about.  It was hard and I pushed myself really hard and it paid off.  I ran the fastest I've ran 5 miles in potentially-ever.  I surprised myself.  So I said, "self, you should push yourself more everyday because you know you can."  So now that I know I can run 5 miles in 45 and a half minutes, I know that I Should be running faster and pushing myself everyday.

So here it is folks, my *Goal* for now is to STOP running 10-minutes miles.  I know I can run faster, so therefore, I Should run faster.  Now I don't expect or necessarily desire to run 9-minute miles consistently.  But I do know that I should Not be running 10-minute miles consistently.  Perhaps with the exceptions of my long runs and really bad days.

I'm still a little miffed over last week's long run.  I want to think I miscalculated the miles because I can't Believe I ran near 11-minute miles.  I sure wasn't anywhere near 9-minutes miles, but I am surprised that I ran 11-minute miles.  Oh well.  Regardless, moving on and moving forward.  With my new *Goal!*  :)

Today I ran 5 miles in just over 47 minutes.  And it was comfortable.  I wasn't killing it like yesterday but I was pushing myself a little more than I have in the past.  I think goals make things more fun.  Don't settle for status quo.  Don't just maintain.  Always aim to improve.  I Have A Gooooooal!!!