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August 25, 2004
Did the long run happen on Sunday?
Sunday's procrastination
Staying up until 1:30 a.m. the night before my planned long run was not the best idea. I attempted to wake up at 5:15 a.m. but talked myself out of the idea. I decided that even if I managed to do my 20+ mile run I would be shot for the remainder of the day having only had about four hours of sleep.
I slept in until 10:30 and woke up to my Mother, niece, and nephew making French toast. This was nice! This, I thought to myself, is how most people wake up on Sunday mornings, rather than rushing out the door to get the run in. I took advantage of this rare opportunity for me and had two pieces of French toast and some tea and relaxed for awhile. The relaxing did not last long. I immediately had to start thinking about when I was going to do my run. I thought to myself geez; this breakfast would have tasted better had I just run 20 miles. Unfortunately, I no longer had time in my day to do that long a run. I committed myself to doing the long run on Monday morning and to doing a trail run later in the day.
After breakfast my mother, niece, nephew, and I went to a farmer's market that was being held in town. We walked around the many booths and bought ourselves some fresh fruit and vegetables. Towards the end of our afternoon we shared a delicious cinnamon apple donut. It was excellent.
I then took my niece and nephew home to New Haven. They live right near the Yale University athletic facilities. When I arrived I went for a three and a half mile run with my sister in law around the athletic facilities and through a nearby park. The run was nice and easy and relaxed.
After running with my sister in law, I left for a longer run alone. I ran to the reservoir that is on the border of New Haven/Orange. I ran for about nine miles up and down some rolling trails. The weather was perfect. It was not humid and there was a slight breeze. I did not see any other runners on the trails but I did see two sets of hikers and one fishermen. I really missed my twin sister on this run. I have run with her on these trails several times in the past. While running the nine miles I was wondering about my sister and thinking about how we would be negotiating with each other what the length and pace of our run should be. I imagined her pushing me to a faster pace and me extending the length of our course by encouraging us to just run around one more bend to see what was up ahead. Even though she was not physically with me on the run (she's living on the west coast) thoughts of her consumed me while on the trails.
In the evening I went to visit one of my brothers and his girl friend. They made a delicious pasta dinner and made me a bloody mary which I surprisingly drank. We had a great time catching up.
Posted by mary at August 25, 2004 12:25 AM