Lesson Learned

Tuesday was a huge learning experience.  I headed out for a run in the morning with 100% humidity and so much fog I couldn’t even see my condo from ½ mile away.  I came back drenched.  I had no goals as far as pace: still trying to work out the quads from the weekend.  I was doing the slow shuffle yet again where the HR doesn’t climb at all.  I was averaging close to 10 min/mile.  Then around 4.5 miles Gary and his friend (training for Big Sur Marathon – how fun!) came up behind me just slightly faster.  I ran with them the next mile plus and picked up to 8:45s no problem.  I love chatting with others.  Gary was asking about my compression sleeves and asked if they made a difference.  Then proceeded to ask if I don’t wear them do I feel naked or get hurt.  My response was “I just feel weird.  They make a difference but now they are also a security blanket.”  I felt dorky but he said he felt that way about his knee brace.  We parted ways and he told me I was an inspiration.  It caught me off guard but also put a smirk on my face where I kept up the pace and ran a few more miles.

Huge lesson learned.  Even if I’m tired and not lifting my legs off the ground 

I should still pick it up.  I'm sure I'll keep relearning this.

On the home stretch I ran into the older man who walks his three puppies every single morning: same time, same route.  We said good morning to each other and then I didn’t catch the next thing he said.  After I said ‘huh” he responded with, “I’m talking to him” in reference to his dog.  He loves those little guys and you can tell they are very well taken care off.