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.
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