And I made up my own little sign. I said, "Thank you Lord for thinking about me. I'm alive and doing fine"
The Lord was thinking about me today I'm sure. It was with a fair bit of trepidation that I headed out for my long run. My legs felt totally dead from a combination of hard workouts in general, and doing my leg weights late in the day yesterday.
Somehow I knew that it was gonna be important to me psychologically, and as such had already procrastinated until almost 11 am, with the hope that a little extra time may help. I knew however that I was playing with fire due to the risk of climbing temperatures as the day wore on.
Before I went outside I decided that I would do the 18 km south loop, and then back at the mailbox would make the next decision. Unfortunately when I got out there I discovered a strong NW wind, and I had no desire to face that all the way back from the lake.
So instead I headed into the wind thinking I would simply turn around at 10 kms and head back home, again with the intent of deciding what else if anything I would do once I got back to the mailbox.
Sure enough, despite starting out extremely slow the first 5 kms was leaving me feeling very doubtful. And that's when providence took a hand and delivered some help in the form of some beautiful rain. The rain cooled the pavement as well as my body, and I quickly started to gain my confidence.
I had only a couple of water bottles with me but had more stashed in the mailbox. Normally I would need that extra water within the first 20 kms, but with the rain I figured I could get away with less. With this realization I decided I was gonna go out 15 kms, and then I would no longer have any choice to do the required 30.
At the turnaround I still felt fine. I was running slow but on an extremely steady pace of 5:35/km.
At this point the good lord again took a hand and showed me that like me, he believes in the "no pain, no gain" theory. He changed the wind direction!
Despite this extra little challenge I successfully completed the 30 kms exactly the way I wanted to. Slow and steady with never a doubt.
That's it for today. I did receive my free picture today from last weeks races and with just a wee bit of pride I care to share it with you. Nice shoes eh?
"And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray" But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay".---Les Emmerson
The Lord was thinking about me today I'm sure. It was with a fair bit of trepidation that I headed out for my long run. My legs felt totally dead from a combination of hard workouts in general, and doing my leg weights late in the day yesterday.
Somehow I knew that it was gonna be important to me psychologically, and as such had already procrastinated until almost 11 am, with the hope that a little extra time may help. I knew however that I was playing with fire due to the risk of climbing temperatures as the day wore on.
Before I went outside I decided that I would do the 18 km south loop, and then back at the mailbox would make the next decision. Unfortunately when I got out there I discovered a strong NW wind, and I had no desire to face that all the way back from the lake.
So instead I headed into the wind thinking I would simply turn around at 10 kms and head back home, again with the intent of deciding what else if anything I would do once I got back to the mailbox.
Sure enough, despite starting out extremely slow the first 5 kms was leaving me feeling very doubtful. And that's when providence took a hand and delivered some help in the form of some beautiful rain. The rain cooled the pavement as well as my body, and I quickly started to gain my confidence.
I had only a couple of water bottles with me but had more stashed in the mailbox. Normally I would need that extra water within the first 20 kms, but with the rain I figured I could get away with less. With this realization I decided I was gonna go out 15 kms, and then I would no longer have any choice to do the required 30.
At the turnaround I still felt fine. I was running slow but on an extremely steady pace of 5:35/km.
At this point the good lord again took a hand and showed me that like me, he believes in the "no pain, no gain" theory. He changed the wind direction!
Despite this extra little challenge I successfully completed the 30 kms exactly the way I wanted to. Slow and steady with never a doubt.
That's it for today. I did receive my free picture today from last weeks races and with just a wee bit of pride I care to share it with you. Nice shoes eh?
(run 30 kms, weights)
Love
Peter
you have paid, Pete, you have paid your dues and then some ...and lookin' mighty fine, I might add!
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