A First for me! And an honest review.
I finally was able to run 2 miles non-stop. Not a big deal for most, but a big deal for me. The farthest I had done without stopping was maybe 1.2 miles. This time it was actually closer to 2.2 miles. It was also the last time I ran in my Fila Skeletoes (I got my new Brooks PureContact the 2 days later). In the book Born to Run, Caballo Blanco tells Chris McDougall that the first step to running like him (caballo) is to make it easy. That is what I focused on this time. I wasn't worried about time, or speed or what anyone thought. I was only worried about making it easy. This meant going very slow and really concentrating on my form. Slow and steady wins the race? Maybe. Maybe not. But I dare say that because I didn't do any recovery walks I actually ran the 2 miles faster than I have before. It is also worthy of mention that I did this mainly because of how much my feet had been hurting, probably mostly from using my skeletoes - which saddens me because I loved them so ...