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That Runners high

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  Today I set out to run between 3-5kms and ended up running 7.7km around the whole Estuary. I know it isn't exactly a marathon and it may not seem like very far to the ultramarathon runners out there, but I’m pretty proud of that effort. Ironically there was a time when I use to run the Estuary as my “short training run” back when I was training for a half marathon. To be honest I didn’t feel super motivated to run today, so I put on a Francis Chan Sermon to distract myself. To my surprise I felt good while running. I got to the 3km mark and was barely puffing so instead of turning around and heading back to my car, I decided to try run the whole Estuary. I figured I could always walk if I got too tired. To my surprise at the 5k mark I was still feeling good, so I challenged myself to run to the roadside. I got to the roadside and still had energy so then I ran across the bridge by Briscoes. At that point I stopped to walk as I was only a few 100 meters from my car. The furthest...