A late night run. Finally ran on some dirt part of the way. My knees are thanking me. Though I don't have a lot of miles on me this season, I felt pretty good stepping the mileages up a 1 mile this workout. Cautiously optimistic for the half-marathon in October now. The knell of the bells at the Gion temple
Echoes the impermanence of all things.
The colour of the flowers on its double-trunked tree
Reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall.
He who is proud is not so for long,
Like a passing dream on a night in spring.
He who is brave is finally destroyed,
To be no more than dust before the wind. -- exerpt from The Tale of Heike (O'Neill transl) Not going to get overly optimistic ... need to save that till race time.
| 