Weee haa!!!

I had a fantastic run today! 2 1/2 hrs and close to 26.5km (16.5 miles)! That's the longest I've run, ever!!! Paula Radcliff's voice congratulated me again to my longest run so far (as she did last week). Nice!
Compared to last Sunday the run was so much better. I wasn't waiting for my Nike+ to count down the last 5 mins and my knees weren't dying for me to stop. Sure, they hurt but I ran most of it off-road and it really made a difference.

I'm so impressed that my legs kept pounding away non-stop for 2 1/2 hours today! I was saying to a friend yesterday that I've started looking at my legs more as... as a running partner when I run. I even started giving them little slaps of acknowledgment and encouragement, like you do to horses. Pretty strange...
Today I completely forgot about the little slaps. I'd loaded my iPod with lots of new music and after an hours run my endorphins were running high and I kept getting chills down my spine of pure happiness. I felt like jumping around and singing along out loud to the music, but a little too many people in the park plus I'd probably ended up injuring myself from the jumps. It was so great though. You can really tell that spring is around the corner. Ran in a singlet today, until it started raining a bit, and it wasn't cold at all. There were flower smells everywhere and all the daffodils were blooming. Lovely! More runs like the one today, please.

A little bit sad

It’s great, but it’s also a bit sad. As soon as I see someone being out running I really envy them and wish it was me. Today is an absolutely gorgeous day. The sun is shining, the air is really clear… Cycling to work this morning through Hyde Park all I could think of was that I wanted to go out for a long run. I kept looking over to the trail where I ran yesterday, thinking of how good it felt to be in that complete running mode where you don’t really have to do anything but your legs just keep moving by themselves. You hear your steady breathing, your feet touching the ground, the music in your ears, Nike+ giving me constant updates on my progress… I want to go out again, right now!!! Can’t wait for the mornings/evenings to become a little bit lighter so that I can start running into/back from work.
I think it's fair to say that I've gotten properly bitten by running and am starting to get addicted to it. Oh dear...