Fundraising goal: |
100% ($900) |
Time of day: |
8:45 am |
Run time: |
35 minutes |
Weather: |
0°C |
Overall feeling: |
Awesome! |
Today I got up early and decided to run to church – it’s about 5.1 km from my house, so it’s perfect. I was cold, but I was ready for the challenge. Overall, I felt good – it’s a little harder to run in cold air, so I totally felt from nice phlegm building up, but I pushed though. My mittens and toque were a welcome addition today. I kept a good pace for the run and I took one very short walking break, that’s it, so that already made me feel better than yesterday.
It was nice to do a different route but I found it harder to push on mentally. Even though I’ve biked the route I took to church, I’ve never run it, and it was hard to think “just 10 more minutes” or anything like that to encourage myself because I really didn’t know how long it would take me. There are also tons more stop lights en-route, but it worked out because I go a lot of green in a row. That’s helped me push on too!
But I’ve gotta say, one of the strangest part of the run this morning was running through the not-so-great neighbourhood of Dundas/Sherbourne. There were many of the unique residents out, mostly men who I felt kept glancing at me. It was kind of creepy. I guess the good new is I could have probably outrun them if they tried anything. 😉 Another strange part was to be out running past the people doing a half-marathon/marathon today. I crossed their paths quite a few times, and I think a few people were wondering why this girl was running the wrong direction!
The best part of the run today though was getting to church and feeling the love of my church family supporting me! I got donations – including an awesome triple dog dare – and I’ve reached my fundraising goal! Hopefully I can raise even more than that! Thank you again for supporting me!