No Hill Monday

I did exactly as I wanted, and skipped hills today. 

Instead I set out on a 7 mile run, and let me tell you it was the best decision I could have made.  I ran for me and nothing else.  No other peeps around me, and just ran as my body saw fit.

And because of that, even with the horrible heat we already have, I had a great run indeed.  It was just at marathon training pace, around 10:18 average pace and again, the sweat just melted me into a puddle of pure running joy.

Sometimes we forget what running can actually do for us.

Today it made me feel like a runner without a cause...just a woman who happens to enjoy running for the pure joy of it.