Great group run this morning. I was in the pack at the back- while still running 3 minutes faster than my normal pace. Most of these people are just beasts! I passed a bunch punch of folks with three miles to go and felt strong overall.
I'm not a natural runner and building this type of endurance has been a pretty big effort. But little by little I'm begining to see myself as an Ultra Marathoner.
Seeing myself as alcohol free was a lot easier since it was strictly a mental paradigm shift.
Perhaps part of the reason I'm going after my Ultra Marathon goal is to compensate for the relatively easy time I've had on the alcohol free one.
The main reason is to put a symbolic stake in the ground symbolizing how far I've come since my health issue and subsequent decision to go alcohol free. . .