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Finish Strong

"Gotta finish strong!"

If you have ever run with me then you have probably heard me say this. No matter if it is a race, a training run or just an easy run just to get some exercise it always feels good to finish strong. For me the best way to make sure that I can be happy with my run is to finish strong. Some days you just have a hard time where you are tired and don't feel like you can keep going. Some days you might be hurting and feel like quitting. All you have to do is get to that last mile. I have heard it called "the victory lap" or "the easiest mile". I always look at it as a way to judge exactly where I am physically. When I know I have one mile left I know I can make it. Now it is time to see what I've got. I don't just take off and throw it into another gear. I start to pick up my pace a little. My adrenaline is usually starting to really kick in. Sometimes I have to fight the urge to just take off. Once I get to a half-mile I really try to start kicking. At that point I know what I have left. Some days I have enough to sprint the last quater-mile. Other days I may feel like I am barely gonna make it. Obviously the days I end in a sprint I am sky high. On those days I barely make it I still get a good feeling. Because even though I had a hard time during most of my run, I still had a strong finish. I get the feeling that while it wasn't my best run, I pushed myself and I didn't quit or back down.
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