Running alone

Sometimes when I exercise I think that it might be nicer to be able to exercise with someone, but then I realize that I am much better at pushing myself when it is just me.   I think about the movie "My Dinner with Andre", and the discussion about running in that movie.  Andre Gregory says:

 "You see, I've seen a lot of running in the last few years, Wally, and there's one thing that's for sure about running: you do it alone, you see, that seems quite certain, you see, that I've seen. That the people around you mean nothing, your reviews mean nothing. Whatever it is, you do it alone. And so the question is: when I go running, what kind of a person am I going to be, and I'm just very dubious about the kind of person who would have lived his life those last few years the way I did."

I ran 2.5 miles today, in 23 minutes.  The initial goal right now is to hit 3.1 miles by September, which looks very doable (assuming that my foot holds out).  It still aches through the day, but I stretch and it helps.  Next week we will be on vacation, and I have to figure out how to keep up my running schedule away from home.