Keep on Going

It is getting cold outside but at least it wasn't raining today.

Off I went along Old Northern Road.  

As usual, I was happy to see familiar landmarks which serve as mini-milestones for me --  St. Gabriel's (the school for the deaf), the child care centre, Tafe, Cross Street.

Shall I turn back after the third mystery?  Nah!  Just keep on going, I told myself.

I finished the fourth mystery and I was near the spot I was last Monday.  Not bad.   If I turned back now that mean I'd have run at least 2.7 km.  

I wondered what time it was.  How long have I been running?  Don't look at your watch.  

When I was on the bus to work the other day, I had seen that it was only a short distance to the mall from my 2.7 km mark.  Just keep going.  The corner is not too far away.

I ran up to the corner of the road to the mall.  I made it!

Fifth mystery.  I went around the stop sign then turned around.  I finished the 5th mystery on my way back.

I knew that I had ran a decent distance.  I wondered how I was doing in terms of time.  But I resisted the temptation to check my watch.  I knew that getting a reading of how long I'd run would affect me.  My mind would tell my body that I'd been running for such a long time and decide for itself that it was time to rest.  No, don't check the time.   You can do this.

I saw the landmarks one by one again.  This time the last one came first -- the red flowers on the sidewalk, Cross St., Tafe.    Four stops till our street.  Keep on going.

I made it back without stopping.  

That was a good run.

I don't think I will go much farther next time.   I'm quite happy to get there and back.  It doesn't matter that Google maps says it takes 3 minutes to cover the 2.7 km by car.  I ran it in two rosaries.  So there!