Run # 355 - The Forerunner says I'm Slow Run

I trust the Forerunner with my life and tonight my 1.4 mile trek was just over 13 minutes long. The math says I'm running a slow 10 minute mile these days if I don't get too pumped up by the music or intentionally sprint at points to bring my time down.

I did notice last night that the Hoh run was much slower than the 4th of July Hoh run I did last year and I'm not sure I chalk the slowing down up to my intentional lack of effort some nights, poor ability, bad running form, burnout from the streak, or all of the above.

To me, time really isn't an issue. It's just about keeping this thing going.

I have told many people I'll keep doing it past 365, and I have every intention to.

Why?

Definitely not to set a record or because I want to run myself into the ground, until I get hurt, or because I want to move up the list at runeveryday.com, etc.

No, it's really simply because I don't think I'll be able to stop. Especially without feeling really terrible about quitting.

I can't imagine the feeling of waking up one morning with the realization that I couldn't even muster a mile the night before.

50 marathons by the time I reach age 50 is my only other goal I've expressed to any one else.

Qualifying for Boston someday would be nice, even running a sub-4 hour marathon would be a feat for me.

But this streak has been for me what I've always thought of it as: a goal I set on May 20th, 2007 and am now on the brink of reaching.

Beyond that, I really have no clue what it will become.

I've read the horror stories of guys having heart attacks during their streaks, running the days their kids are born and graduate. Running the days their parents die, even being physically attacked by animals and neighbors, all the while still waking up the next day dead set on running.

I guess it's a positive addiction to have, but like I said, my times aren't necessarily improving but I'm not sure I've tried to improve them with any strategy that's been proven to work.

I just make sure I do at least a mile everyday.

One thing I know for sure is this: during this entire year I have never finished a run feeling worse than before I started it, and to me that's probably the only reason I've made it to this point.