Running Musings 022107

I'm a slow runner. However, I'm past the Just Do It phase. I'm definitely at the Just Do It and Enjoy it phase. Which means good tunes :). Today I found out something that in my 20 years of running never crossed my mind. If I focus on the words of a song as the song is being played, in other words track with the song, then I go straight into a runner's high. It's like a feeling of release starts near my eyes, and just starts to go up. I experienced runner's high during the following songs today:

Dancing in the Dark - Bruuuuuuuce
Push me Pull Me - PJJJJJJJ :)
Hell is for Children - Pat Benatar
and a couple others. It was kindof freaky that I could almost create that runner's high. To regulate the high I would just stop it by paying more attention to my running. There will be a time when I don't regulate it, but just go with it. Hopefully, I won't trip off the treadmill hahahahahahhaha.

I think my biggest fear is not distance, but speed. I just don't want to hurt myself. I have great confidence, that even if I surpass my longest distance run, I would end up aftewards tired, but not worn out. I rarely breath heavy after a run. It's not normal breathing, but it's not forced or ragged.

Now, if I try to increase my speed, I just don't want to get to a point that I regret it. When I was in elementary school I hyperventilated two times while I was running because I was scared of hurting myself. I didn't know how to breath properly during running, and the fear made my breathing inconsistent. Now, I'm not scared that I would hyperventilate because of fear. I just don't want to extend myself. How to put it . . . aftewards I want to recover in a normal amount of time. I think I can, but the period between when I stop the run, and when I'm back to normal breathing, is what concerns me. How I will react. I'll see.