Anniversary, Long run and Oprah

The Mr. and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this past week. Although it has been 12 years all together. We have pretty awesome family who was able to watch her while we went out for dinner. Ended up going to a local Tavern. It was pretty amazing food and it was nice to get some alone time with the Mr. although I missed our daughter very much. I knew I would. 

Yesterday was my schduled "long run" and I use that term lightly because it was only 4 miles. I remember when 4 miles was a every day run. Ha. I'll see that day again soon. Mile 2 is still the hardest. But once I get through that I'm in my zone for the most part. Splits were 11:59, 12:03, 12:07 and 11:57. I think you can tell by that last mile that I was pretty well into my zone. Breathing felt easy and my legs weren't too tired. I could have gotten to 5. But then I could see myself saying, what's one more mile? That's typically how I get myself through my long runs. Whatever works. 

Last night while out running I was thinking about something my oldest brother had said earlier that day. He made a comment about how he likes the thought of running, but it's too much work. I only commented saying you have to get past that first running stage. But while running the more I thought about it the more irrated I got. Of course running is hard. It takes consistency and work. It isn't suppose to be easy. If it is, you're doing it wrong. (Although there should be some runs where it is easy) I thought of all these things I should have said. Health benefits, physical and mental. The feeling of accomplishment and self worth. Sightseeing. Stress reliever. Friends you make along the way. I could go on. I wish I could put the work in for him to get him past that part so he can see how great it really is. It just bothered me he said it was too much work. Say it's not for you or something along those lines. At the end of my run, the only thing that came to mind was a quote from Oprah. It is 100% true.