The WOW Factor

Just back from my nightly jaunt.

Wow.

You ever have a moment of clarity?  One of those times where you seem to step outside of your own body and see things differently?

I had intended tonight to just do a walk, not even on my usual trail, but just on the main road.  Didn't intend to jog, didn't intend to do anything extraordinary that's for sure.  As a matter of fact, I was feeling kinda blah and not really that motivated,  Then I ate supper, a really good home made low carb pizza ( I will post a pic and a recipe at the end of this post for those interested ), had a little fun killing stupid Alliance humans on World of Warcraft and decided that I would go ahead and do the usual trail anyway.  I really like that trail near dusk and it was a beautiful evening.  Started out normally, a short walk and then I broke into a jog.  Nothing special to start, just a slow jog to the 0.5k marker and then I did a little walk.

Now, what follows is hard to explain to people who don't know the trail.  I walked to the first bridge and then jogged to the covered bridge.  It felt really good, better than the first 0.5k.  I walked to boardwalk to the other side of the covered bridge and started jogging again.  My goal was a platform about 1/2 k away.  Well, as I was running it happened.  I hit a pace, my breathing just reached a certain quickness and didn't proceed to gasping, there was no pain in my feet, nothing in my knees, my head felt clear and I was feeling wonderful.  I hit the platform and kept going, hit the half way marker and kept going, hit the 2k marker and kept going, 2.5 k and still chugging, the 3k marker and finally, my calf was tightening, my breathing was getting a little more laborous and I finally broke the jog.

It was at that point I literally started to giggled and fist pump I swear if someone was on the trail next to me I would have hugged them!

I walked for about a min and then finished off the rest of the trail with a jog......

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  psyched I cannot even BEGIN to explain how it makes me feel to actually do this.  Even at my smallest last year I couldn't run 2k, no way in hell.

I don't know if I can hit that sweet spot again soon, but hitting it once I know that I can again, and I am SOOOOO super excited moving forward!

Awesome, just awesome....

Here is that pizza recipe and pics....

Ok, for the crust,1 cup of whole wheat flour, a pinch of salt, some italian seasoning to taste, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup skim milk and the fibre punch of a half cup of ground Bran cereal. It whips up like a batter, take it and spread it on a lightly greased pizza pan, precook the dough until you can lift it from the pan, add topping and bake until cheese is melted. I used a tomato paste for the sauce with a large diced onion and olive oil, cubed chicken breast and fresh mushrooms. ! 1/4 cup of shredded cheese ( had no low fat but hey, small doses lol) and a light sprinkle of Parmesan. Very VERY filling and oh so yummy