Now, it's official.

Today when J and I went for our morning run, I was careful to make sure I paid attention to landmarks on the trails when I stopped and started running. My first bit of running took me quite a bit farther than I went last time; the last time I ran to the end of the paved road in the park and stopped, but this time I ran through the small parking lot and down a bit on the trail that we normally run down. Progress! I walked back a ways while I waited for J to catch up with me, and then we walked a little while before I started running again. I had made it to almost seven minutes of running by the time we finished that trail alone, which was a huge improvement over the last time. I obviously don't know if I was running the same pace, but I definitely was running much farther each time I ran, and thus had fewer total stretches of running. I only ran four times total this time, but I was running for a total of nine minutes even out of the little more than half an hour that we were out, and according to mapmyrun, I was running for 1.04 miles of the two miles that we walked and ran. It feels great to finally confirm that I ran that far, even if it wasn't consecutive. My first stretch of running was almost half of that time, too... I ran for almost four and a half minutes straight without stopping. I know that none of this really is that impressive, but I am very pleased with myself. The best part, I think, is that I was barely even tired when we left the park today. I definitely could have kept going for more than just the two miles that we walk/run. I wasn't pushing myself as hard today, either... I kept walking even when I could have been running to give myself longer times to rest. I feel like it will be sooner than I think that I will actually be able to run all the way through the park! Hooray!

On a side note, my calves have been sore for the past two days. Right now, their soreness is understandable, since I just ran, but I'm not quite sure what was making them all tense yesterday. I also got a small blister on the outside of my right foot from my KSOs yesterday. This makes me sad. But, I just covered it with a band-aid today and it was fine. I'm not sure why that seam is bothering my foot now all of a sudden, but hopefully it will stop.