Objective: w.u. + MP miles + cool down Taper countdown: 10 days Weather: High 50'sF, cloudy, wet streets, light rain at first Today I had scheduled a small tempo run (9:00-9:10), following the training schedule in Daniels' Running Formula. But my head is so messed up right now with anxiety that I decided to ease up and do some MP miles instead (9:20-9:30). Ironically, my pace kept creeping up to tempo pace and once I even caught myself doing 8:50! It reminds me of the Dickinson poem: We never know how high we are
'til we are called to rise.
And then, if we are true to plan
our statures touch the skies.
The heroism we recite
would be a daily thing,
did not ourselves the cubits warp
for fear to be a king.
Bad moment: I was nearly done with my MP work and it was still mostly dark and I twisted my ankle on a rock. It was so stupid. I run in the street so that I can avoid all the cracks, bumps, skateboards, etc. that lurk on the dark sidewalk. Usually I can point my headlamp straight ahead that way. But a parked car was idling and I wasn't sure when he was going to pull out, and so I skirted the side of the road and my foot found the one rock sitting there. Fortunately I didn't go down. Just made a goofy save motion and experienced about 5 minutes of complaints from the ankle. Feels fine now. Nice moment: I was taking a short cut through a wooded path and it was just starting to get light out. I came into this little clearing and there were 2 deer grazing. They didn't run away from me. We all just looked at each other and kept on with our business. I got really close to them. Lovely experience.
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