This morning I got up and ran with my old pace pusher of a coach, Pete Thomas (AKA: PT Cruiser). He wanted to run on the railroad bed, and we ran the same route as I had the day prior. There was good shade over the trail in the morning and to my delight, not a single fly!
I wasn't going to time the run, as I figured I would be a little sore from yesterday but was curious what kind of pace we would whip up. We got to the turnaround 1.5 miles at 12:05 (about 8 minute pace) I wanted to stretch out my hip which was a little sore, but Pete kept me going.
I was thinking about how If I was alone I definitely would've stopped...
As we are cruising back going over the trestle, you can see down to our finish. I felt like I was on E.
I wasn't going to time the run, as I figured I would be a little sore from yesterday but was curious what kind of pace we would whip up. We got to the turnaround 1.5 miles at 12:05 (about 8 minute pace) I wanted to stretch out my hip which was a little sore, but Pete kept me going.
I was thinking about how If I was alone I definitely would've stopped...
As we are cruising back going over the trestle, you can see down to our finish. I felt like I was on E.
Pretend you're driving and all of a sudden the gaslight turns on.How does that change the rest of your drive? In running, when we hit EMPTY we have some choices. We can keep the painful pace (ignore it), we succumb to the "I have no more to give" and putt, putt all the way home OR we can SPEED UP! | |
I figure the faster or stronger I finish, even though I am using more gas, the sooner I will be at ease. I feel this way when I'm driving. The idea of running out of gas makes me anxious, I don't like it. I don't want to be that helpless person on the side of the road with a thirsty vehicle. I would rather cease my anxiety the sooner the better. So speed up and fill up!
I kept form in the last 100 meters or so with the encouragement of Pete Thomas. With a chirp, I was finally done. I check out my watch and I had run 23:23! A second faster than yesterday! I came back in 11:18 (about 7:30 pace) I thought that was pretty cool. How is this possible? I had two completely different runs, on the same route, with a nearly identical time. Running is weird like that sometimes. It felt good to end my run strong, I felt greater satisfaction in my run than if I had putt, putt, all the way home.
Don't let the run end you, you end the run.
I think I just made that up? That's pretty good...
I kept form in the last 100 meters or so with the encouragement of Pete Thomas. With a chirp, I was finally done. I check out my watch and I had run 23:23! A second faster than yesterday! I came back in 11:18 (about 7:30 pace) I thought that was pretty cool. How is this possible? I had two completely different runs, on the same route, with a nearly identical time. Running is weird like that sometimes. It felt good to end my run strong, I felt greater satisfaction in my run than if I had putt, putt, all the way home.
Don't let the run end you, you end the run.
I think I just made that up? That's pretty good...