Someone Give Me a Water Bottle!

I ran and ran and ran this morning and when I finished the clock had been ticking for 46 minutes. I did not expect this. The most that I had run before was 28 minutes. This was such an amazing feeling. I could have run more but I  had reached my target and I did not want to push myself more than my body is ready for. Besides, I had to walk back home. :)

The double-breath technique must’ve been the key to this morning’s run. This was a new breathing technique that I tried and it did wonders. The added stretching also helped.

During my run, I had a small bottle of water but about 5 minutes into my walk back, I had used up all of it. It was scary because I had already been running/walking for close to an hour and I still had another hour or so to go. The sun was getting sharper and the trees were scattered so I could not walk underneath their shade. The whole way back I was looking for a source of water. There was a golf course but I did not want to spend extra time walking there in search of water. So I kept walking.

I contemplated asking other runners/bikers but I thought it to be a silly idea. Then I passed a homeless lady and I was like man, Im so thirsty I should ask her for a bottle of water if she had one. Of course I did not ask and I doubt that she had one anyways.

More than two hours into my running/walking journey I finally got home. When I did, I got on the scale and get ready for this… My morning adventure had cost me 4 lbs. This was all water weight loss so I drank water immediately.

This was a great day…walhamdulilLah!

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~ by Abu Sumayyah on August 13, 2009.