A First

Today I achieved something I had never done before - I ran 10 kilometres. It doesn't sound like much, but I wonder how many people can say they have actually done it. Even when I won my school jog in high school, I never ran this far in training. But next Sunday is the Bupa 10k run, and I wanted to be sure I could run the distance before I attempted it in the race. I did not find the going easy though. My shins were aching even in the first 2k from all the running I have been doing on tarmac, and by 8k my thighs were in bits! But it was well worth the pain for the satisfaction of having accomplished something new. And my head is still full of inspirational "Eye of the Tiger" music even now.