The Hidden Logbook of Peter Pan: Endurance

Morning watch again this today. The watch stander that is temporarily standing a COMS watch in our building kept me up all night last night with his music and movies... not to mention the radio announcements every 30-45 minuets. So I am feeling very tired and coffee isn't working very well.
Last night I went over to the Navy gym and did a 5 min warm up on the treadmill then pushed myself and ran for 50 min straight. Overall I did 80 min and covered 8 miles. This has probably been the longest I have ever run in my entire life. I was very happy knowing that I can do something like that. Running is just not my forte. Sunday was a rest day so usually the day after a rest day I like to see how my body feels during warm ups and if nothing is in pain or cramping I like to increase my time or distance to see where my endurance level is at. Running on a treadmill is nothing compared to outside though, it will be quite a shocker to my body when I get to that point.

While I was over there the Commanding Officer of Sector Portland came over to work out after his work day. He was impressed that I have goals and have been sticking to them. Weight standards are always an issue over at Sector because alot of them sit at desks all day, eat at the galley (which WILL pack on those pounds), then choose not to work out even though the facilities are free. There are those who are in the fitness "click" and we keep each other motivated. Just like when you get complements about how good you look when you lose some weight, the same sort of complements you give and receive on progress in fitness help give you that extra motivation to stick with it. I could give myself a MILLION reasons why I don't want to run on a given day, or ever again... but I am stronger than that. I look at myself in the mirror and tell myself why I am doing this, why I want this. Everyone has been so supportive of my goals and I return the favor as much as possible. Thank you all for your support!