I went to the trails Tuesday afternoon to do a nice six miler in the fresh outdoor air. At about Mile 2 I felt something fly in my eye. I rubbed it quickly and saw a black spot on my finger. Phew, I thought, thank goodness I got that bug before it got into my eye.
After my run I checked my reflection in my car mirror. My sweaty face and neck was COVERED with dead gnats! Gross! I wiped off as best I could with the wipies I kept in my car. When I pulled into my driveway, my left eye felt a bit irritated. I checked it in the mirror and pulled down the bottom of it so I could check where it stung. There was a freaking dead gnat stuck in the bottom crevice! I rubbed the hell out of it, tried getting it out with a q-tip and tried letting the water hit it when I was in the shower. Nothing! It was stuck!
Finally, a friend told me to try flushing it out with water. I went over to my bathroom sink, held the eye wide open with one hand and threw cold water into it with the other. Yay! It was gone! That was so disgusting!
My last two runs have been really great. This morning, the plan was to do any easy three. Well, I just felt like letting my legs fly about a mile and a half into my run. I kept increasing the speed every quarter mile during the second mile and the third mile I increased it every tenth of a mile. I finished the three miles at a 7.4 speed, which means I did the last mile at sub 9! Speedy for me!
Yesterday I was feeling strong on my run, and decided to do inclines. I kept gradually increasing the incline and felt so good! At times I wondered if the treadmill was broken because it felt so easy (and I was doing 6.0, too!). The last incline was 6.5. Awesome!
I hope this strong feeling stays. Maybe it was the brownie I had prior to each of those runs.
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