day 12

                                                                     Day 12

The day has come… Finally I did it. Today I woke up at 7:00 AM, got out of bed and made myself breakfast with eggs and toast. While eating breakfast, I watched numerous videos of people doing their first half marathons, marathons and Iron mans to hype myself up for the 13 mile run I was about to do. At 10:00 I walked outside and started to run. The first 7 miles proved to be fairly easy. I hit a good runner high early on and it went swimmingly. The second 7 miles were much harder and the last 3.5 miles back up the hill were more of a fast jog rather than a run. When I got home I immediately got in a cold shower and then took a nap. After the nap. I made myself a nice meal of chicken penne and reveled in the success of my half-marathon. 

Hours today 7

Total Hours 64


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