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September 9, 2004

Aahhhhhh

Another great day for running. This morning I ran with (sometimes behind) some friends and then ran on my own again tonight. I *think* I may be starting to prefer running on my own. If I can focus on my form for the first mile or two I can get into a groove where it just feels like I'm moving without working. Not without effort, but without laboring, if that makes any sense. If I'm running with someone else I don't pay as much attention to what I'm doing and I think I run sloppy. Plus, I'm forcing myself to run at someone else's pace, which in most cases is too fast at the start (which may be because I'm *old* as Alison suggested?)

Looks like Austin's A-Rod (Andy Roddick) is making a great comeback tonight. I keep seeing ads for the Wimbledon movie - I *want* it to be good but it looks like it could be a stinker.

Posted by jenandmats at September 9, 2004 9:26 PM

Comments

My guess is that the slow starts are due to the high mileage you're doing, not age :-)

I am making the adjustment from running alone to running with people now. It is very different when there are people around you - in some ways its easier, but I agree that it's easier to focus when you're alone. Now that I only do about half of my runs alone, I appreciate them more.

Even though that Wimbledon movie looks like it could be really bad, I still want to see it!

Posted by: Alison at September 10, 2004 9:51 AM

"Sloppily", Dear. Run is verb. When will my work ever be done? 1-4-3

Posted by: at September 20, 2004 9:06 PM