What a beautiful run in the fresh, luscious morning rain. The freshly blooming everything and rushing river have me filled to overflowing with a daily quota of green beauty and fragrance. I got new shoes last week and now they only have 14 or so miles. So they feel great. Although, I have yet to use them for a long run so I'm not sure if I should use them for Saturday-- or stick to my old faithfuls that are 26.2 miles short of 500. I ran 4 miles today (instead of the 5-6 I wanted) trying to hold back,. I remembered last Fall, right befor SGM, I ran into Sasha on the trail who told me I was running too fast. So today, and all week I will make a conscienteous effort to go easy. Of course, when I got home, I did a million things, thereby negating all effects of the 'easy' run....Whatever. | 