Don't Stop...

So I completed my 23k run yesterday. It was hot and I had been exhausted all week so I knew right from the beginning that this run was going to suck. My legs were heavy so I just accepted that this was just going to be a long morning. I had a beautiful route though. I spent about 12k of my running along the waterfront trail in pickering/ajax. I had never run along the trail before and I'm definitely going to go back there again. It was gorgeous to run down by the lake. However, the last 8k or so I was dying. I just wanted to be home and in bed. But once again, my stubbornness kicked in and I just kept telling myself to put one step in front of the other until I hit 23k. This was also my first run with my new Garmin so that was very helpful. I knew once I hit 23k I was stopping and if I wasn't home yet my parents were coming to pick me up. I found that made a difference because previously I had just mapped out my runs online so I knew I would get the distance in, but I never knew exactly where I was in the run, distance-wise (especially since I'm so horrible at judging distance!) I'm looking forward to doing 26k next weekend, and I'm hopeful that if I rest a lot during the week, the run will be easier than this last one.