I got out for an easy eight on the Davidson Mesa today. By the time I had got out, a little snow had begun to fall. At the end of my run, it was really flying. I tried to run easy, but at the same time at an honest pace.
I had thoughts of going long tomorrow - and I will still look to do that. But with a bunch of new white stuff down, I am probably going to look to do it on the treadmill. While I don't mind running in the snow, I don't want to deal with any unnecessary risk on a long run. A couple of years ago, I was running in the snow, slipped off the edge of the sidewalk lip and my grizzle sang loud. I thought I may have actually popped that old tendon that keeps the back of the foot moving. Oh well, at least being inside will make sure that I manage the hydration well.
But I do want to get off the mill. I know it is getting me to train, focus, and I am getting some benefit from it. But I also realize that mill running is different and until I do some of these workouts outside, it just is showing that I can run nowhere in my basement.
My mind was all over the place in my run today on my training. I am about two months back into digging into my training. I am wanting to see more results, but I also know that it takes about three months of anything to really see results. I feel more focused than I have been in a long time, but that also shows me where I am lacking (core exercise for example, but hey - the gut muscle felt a bit better today). I feel like I am doing what I need to for success later this year, but then I feel I am hardly doing enough (particularly when I consider Lucho's log - that is true marathon training). I wonder if I will be able to get back into a fair semblance of fitness (for me). And if I can't then do I still say screw it, and chase it more (because I don't want to give up, give in, ever) or do I resign to wondering why I did not attack it more when I was younger? I won't give up, because there is no damn good reason for me to. As long as I can do this, I will. Even if I am slower. I am training hard for me ... but I want more. I get up from my chair at work, and I gimp. People ask me what the hell is wrong with me and I give my standard answer: "Put your foot in a lawnmower once and you'll never walk straight again." That is part of it, but I would not be walking this way if I was not running this way. But I run this way so that I can run this way.
Tomorrow, we get out there. The farther you go, the farther you go. | 