Jan 13, 2010

Didn't get any of my running done today.

Intended to get up at about 1230 (I go to bed late) and take care of dog stuff and run which is the usual idea. Today however, I set my alarm... and sure enough it went off... but for some stupid reason the alarm volume was turned down or off so I didn't hear it. I've done that several times of late. You'd think I would learn but apparently not.

I've got some kind of throat thing going on that started suddenly around 1130pm but I just took it as my throat hurting from not being used to singing as well as some allergy stuff I've had going on. During my shower it started feeling worse. I'm hoping for drainage rather than sickage, but as of right now it's going to be business as usual tomorrow. Maybe I'll run an extra time or something to make up for not running today.

When I can get my legs to listen to good advice and GO SLOW I do a whole lot better as far as how far I get before I run out of air. In "Born to Run" it says something along the lines of "Run at a pace that allows you to talk." So when I do that it works. Sadly this usually only works when I run with my lady (which is only about half the time right now), but I figure I'll get better at this due to the fact that I can't get worse! :)

In finishing, because I need to hear it again, I want to repeat to myself what the guy in "Born to Run" said: "Think easy, light, smooth, and fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get, that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go. When you've practised that so long that you forget you're practicing, you work on making it smoooooooth. You won't have to worry about the last one-you get those three, and you'll be fast."