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May 02, 2005
What Happened to Spring?
The weather this morning looked like it would be perfect to run in. It was cool, clear and brisk. By the time I was leaving work, the clouds were rolling on in and the wind was starting to pick up. Two hours later as I got ready to go to the track, the temperature had started to plummet, the winds were really picking up and it was starting to rain. Yuck. I'm still chilly now.
I didn't know that the pee stretch would generate so much interest. I wish that I could write down how to do it. I must say that I will forever be grateful to the individual who showed it to me. It has come in handy many, many times. To be honest, I don't really care if people see me peeing when there is not a port-o-potty around. This looks like you are doing a stretch, but you can discreetly pee. I will demonstrate for anyone who is interested if we should ever meet.
This evening was an easy workout. The weather seemed to scare off most of the group. All I had on tap tonight was to do some gradual accelerations. No less than 8, no more than 12. I ended up doing 12. J was running late and he did his warm-up with me as I warmed down. I jogged a mile on the track with him when we got back to bounce some ideas around. I didn't feel bad tonight, but it was hard to do any pick-up because I was so cold and wet. I was wishing that I had not cleaned out my car two weeks ago because now there are not any random gloves hanging around in the backseat.
I have gotten over my disappointment in yesterday's race. I do realize that most people would be very happy with this performance. It was what I did and I must accept it. It was not a stupid race, I did not go out too fast and die. I had a plan, started to execute it, but it was not meant to be yesterday. There are plenty of other races in the future and Broad Street is not going anywhere. I had my day of pity and now it is time to move on. The most important thing for the next few days is to recover.
All righty, now it's time to read about the weekend!
Posted by Blondie at May 2, 2005 08:19 PM