Running towards a goal

It makes a difference. Instead of stopping at the point I used to stop at ("Whew! 30 minutes and almost 3 miles? DONE!," I think, "ONLY HALF OF WHAT I HAVE TO RUN ON RACE DAY? KEEP GOING!!". So this is what it's like to have a goal...

The heavy rainfall yesterday made it impossible to run in central park as we usually do on Tuesdays. So, like a good athlete in training, I went to the NYSC (to which I have a 30 day trial period) and hit the treadmill for 40 minutes; I think I ran for a good 35 of those 40 minutes!