I am Keith Hernandez » Running http://iamkeithhernandez.com Words, with pictures. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 On Running http://iamkeithhernandez.com/2009/03/14/on-running/ http://iamkeithhernandez.com/2009/03/14/on-running/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:08:28 +0000 keith hernandez http://iamkeithhernandez.com/?p=204 At this point, I pretty much have a 10K on lock down. Running at a decent clip, this is now my norm for a weekend run, which is cool but I want to step up the pace a bit. What I love about running is that you can take it a couple of ways: 1) run further or 2) run faster. Right now, my body can barely handle getting to the half marathon mark and I am thinking that maybe its time to step up the pace rather than coninuing the longest run steez that I have been working with for the past few months. That is the beauty of running, there are always ways to improve, always new goals to conquer. You can never master running. There is no high score or ultimate distance that you can run. Someone (maybe even you) can go out there the next day and beat it. It’s a beautiful struggle, an enduring battle within yourself to see how far you can go.

Today was a rather shabby 10K, my stomach ached and my time wasn’t anything to be proud of. But it is the strength that I gain from plodding through the crappy runs that will eventually lead me to a new best time. Even after the worst of runs, the sense of accomplishment is gratifying and the yearning to push harder grows.

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