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October 23, 2004
hitting the wall
friday afternoon we went out to bon tempe lake with the xc team. this is part of the big water district...the water runs down mt. tamalpais and hits these beautiful huge basins (reservoirs); the area around the lakes are designated as open space, hiking trails which is awesome...(in some parts of the country you can't even walk around reservoirs...they are gated and off limits).
half the team ran around the small lake--lagunitas...and the other half ran around bon tempe. the run is maybe 4 +++ miles..or so... the course consists of a sunny side and a shady side. nearly the entire run is on single tracks and the course rolls up and down the contours of the lake edges...it's a great run to do anytime...when you feel like running fast...it's exhilarating, engaging and hardly forgiving (b/c of all of the rolling hills) and when you are just beat..you can't help but be inspired by the wide open space, the moutain's reflection in the water, the line of cormorant like birds along the dams, or the majestic accipiters (hawks) up above...
our group took off...there were about 10 of us running in a row...we talked the entire first half... when we hit the dam...we ran into the start of a local xc race... i wondered where their race was heading....at this point the first pack took off and ran ahead of us... i slowed down to run with some of the kids in the 2nd pack... it was when i put on the breaks...that a wave of nausea hit me. running slower helped...but talking to my co-runner (one of the girls on the team) helped even more. the talking distracted me...
i decided after the 35 min. easy run...that i had to take it easy this weekend... i was originally supposed to compete in the 199 mile relay race from calistoga to santa cruz this weekend(12 people run 3 legs during the course of 24 hours or so)...but our team fell apart (injuries, sickness) at the last minute... after i realized we couldn't compete in this relay event..i considered running a 5k xc race down in mountain view...but again...any ambitions of running hard this weekend we're extinquished after feeling sick again...it almost felt like the 1/2 marathon feeling again...?!!! so i'm not sure what's going on with my body...
tonight a bunch of us who were supposed to do the relay are meeting up at 10 pm to cheer on other teams who are running the relay...we may go for a moonlight run as well (Really easy) and then we'll cap off the night with a good old fashion pit stop at an all night diner. it should be a fun way to make the best out of a disappointing situation (having to forfeit our entry in the relay)...
Posted by liz at October 23, 2004 05:17 PM
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All these group runs with your team sound like such fun. You're very blessed to have such good company...
Posted by: Leilani at October 24, 2004 07:25 PM