I'm not sure where to start. Yesterday afternoon was brutal at work. Nothing seemed to go right, and I was left to pick up the pieces of an operational fiasco!! When I left the office, it was raining pretty hard, so I had a choice I could use the rain as an excuse, or I could get over it and hit the trail. As I pulled into the Falls I called my wife and said "This might be a long one". I knew I had a ton of anxiety from work and I also felt ready for something special.
I felt great for the first 4 miles, then some doubt settled in, should I stop at 6 miles or go for 9 miles. I seemed to have lost my step a bit, but then it happened. "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter came over my MP3, followed by "old Apartment" by the Bare Naked Ladies. I seemed to be right back on track and was in a good groove by mile 6. I cannot explain to you the effect music has on me. Every song on my MP3 is hand picked, and they all have meaning. At work, I listen to music all day, all kinds too. But not while I'm running, I have 94 songs that all mean something to me, and at anytime those songs have the ability to take my mind off the run for a while. I know what you're thinking, what the hell can "Hot Hot Hot" mean to me but that's on a need to know basis and you don't need to know...lol
As I was closing out my second lap, I decided to go one more time around and stretch it out for the 9 miles. I remembered a story about how Larry Bird would shoot hoops all night because he was afraid that if he stopped, some other kid in some other city would still be playing and working on his game. That's sort of how I felt yesterday, I knew somebody else would be training harder than I, so I couldn't stop at 6 miles. I didn't know if it was Brad, Ken ,Bib or some other guy from sweat365, but whomever it was , they pushed me to 9 miles. However I did know that it wasn't Stu..lol
Running in the rain was pretty relaxing. I was pretty much alone in the park. The trees protected me pretty well, there are only a couple of open areas where I got soaked. It was a bit muddy, but that's fine with me. It was really a terrific run and I felt great afterwards. No problems physically and emotionally I was jacked and pretty proud of how quick I have been able to get back to where I left off.
I have no doubt that I can run the Hampton Half, but I'm starting to get some crazy thoughts about actually running the Manchester Marathon on 11/2/08, a week after Hampton. No idea If I could get ready for that on such a condensed schedule, it wouldn't seem likely but the way I feel right now anything is possible.
Til next time..ross
Song of the day- "Something I said" by Micheal Grimm http://www.michaelgrimmmusic.com/
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