Slogging Through

So, I am finally feeling better! Finally! Today I have only coughed 2 times which seems amazing considering last weekend I couldn't get out a full sentance without hacking up a lung. I can breath again. So, I am breathing and back up to, like, 98% lung capacity and so last night I decide to go for a run. I walk outside, all revved up, take a deep breathe and...

Oh no, I can't breath! I thought I was better! What is going on? Sudden relapse?!....

Wait, no. It is June, near the coast, in South Carolina. Temperatures hovering in the mid nineties and humidity so thick it is like breathing in soup every time you step outside. So apparently my new found lung capacity was going to be of no help to me last night. I sighed, put on my iPod headphones and headed out anyway. I would like to say I dominated that run but I didn't. I slogged my way through. I was constantly tempted to stop but I am proud to say that I finished my 4 miles run, soup-air and all.

The whole way I was thinking about speed. Mostly because I was going so slow through the thick evening air and wishing I could go faster. I have really been wanting to work on my speed lately. I feel like I could be faster. In the little over two years since I ran my first 5k I have brought my time from 29:05 to 25:10. Almost four minutes improvement on little, to no speed training. I am thinking that if I put a concentrated effort at some legitimate speed training I could improve even more. But, up until now I haven't done it. Why? Maybe I am a little scared, I don't know. Also, you need a plan for that kind of workout and I am notorious for having no plan.

So I guess the bottom line is get un-scared, get organized, find a track to run on, and just do it!