I ran a career high 15.5 miles today in a driving rain storm and loved every second of it. It had been a long couple of days. It all started sometime on Friday. I must have stepped into a puddle of negative energy and couldn't wash it off for two days.
Friday night was a good time, I rocked the 603 lounge with my boy Doug, but I could feel the positive energy leaving me. I'm Pretty sure it didn't have anything to do with the Bruins loss either. By Saturday I was a negative thought machine. It was like I was an angry upset wrecking ball knocking people over with my bad vibe. If I saw you Saturday, text you, talked to you at all, I'm sorry for being so down and bringing you down with me. I just couldn't find a happy place. I tried every mood shifter I have and nothing worked. I wish it happened on another day because it was my girl Kayla's graduation party and she deserved a better me.
I finally got set straight. I made a trip to the Hammer Saloon. If I ever drop dead rush me to the Hammer Saloon. I'm sure Cus and hammer and can bring me back to life. We watched the Belmont, had a couple of beers and I knew it was time to roll. I had found my center point! I needed to go home and get ready to run my ass off. I could have raised hell in Saugus last night, but it would have only hurt the run.
I was up most of the night, just waiting for a good time to run. I finally took off around 7am. The rain was coming down pretty good and it was real windy. About 49 degrees and I needed my running jacket. I still had so much negative energy, I could feel the shit washing out of my body as I ran. I wasn't coming home until my system had been defragged. I needed to organize my thoughts and clear some space. Some of you are reading this right now and thinking that I have lost my fucking mind. Runners are reading it and fully understanding it.
I mad a pit stop at my new gym around mile 6. This place is going to come in handy. I decided to head down Huse Road and come in to the backside of the airport. Running through he airport was fun, but it was really windy running behind the new runway. I also never realized how much of an incline the trek out of the airport is. The whole backside of this run was one giant hill. Everything was great and suddenly not so much. My MP3 just died! Fucking fried itself at mile 9.!! WTF!! Its brand new. So i had to go the last 6.5 miles without music. I never run without music. It was quite a challenge to do so. I had to use some of my yoga breathing techniques to take my mind off the fact that I had no music.
The Auburn road and Longwood ave hills were a brutal combination at the finish. But I made it, never stopped, never walked. Legs are a little beat up and with all the rain my dri fit clothing couldn't stay dry. I have runners rash in places you don't want to know about. Had to go get some Badger balm! Thank God its working great!
I also realized I had no Pearl Jam on my MP3, so i made a trip to pick up Live on two legs which I owned but lost. Cant wait to play that for a about week straight!
All and all it was a great run! Not thrilled with my time, but with all of the hills and the hard wind I'll live with it. At the end of my run I must have looked like Shackleford on the backstretch at Belmont yesterday.
Keep the Faith
Ross
Song of the day- I would do anything for love- Meatloaf!
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