8:38/8:51/8:56/8:51/8:34/9:15/9:18/9:18/9:54/10:04/10:05/10:03/10:21/9:15/9:03 Why strive for negative spits, when you can strive for POSITIVE splits?! I think that's the way to go. Why all the negativity? Catherine came to join me for the first 8. She's been tempo-ing her little heart out. Without me as 41 year old deadweight around her neck, she's starting to figure out how to run FAST. It's awesome. She ran her first marathon at 22, and is just now seasoned enough to really turn up the volume. It's fun to see her improve and how excited she is to do well. She's going to have a great year. She hates getting up early, and it was so gratifying, that once down at the pier, with the lake so high and still like mirrored glass ( pink and blue like the pre dawn sky), she turns to me and says "Ok, Ok, it's worth it." I know only old people get up this early, but I always feel like it's a secret part of the day only I get to have. The most perfect part--when dawn is still and full of promise, confident, and more lovely than anything the world has to offer when everyone else is awake and using up her energy and light.
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