a good day
Went out and ran my four-hill route today at lunch. The first 10 or 15 minutes felt pretty brutal because my legs were very achy from all the biking. I took it slow and it payed off big time – my legs loosened up and felt really good by the half way point.
I’ve been reading that book you see on the left column of my blog. Last night, I was reading a chapter on correcting form problems. I know I sometimes lean toward being a heal-striker so today, I concentrated hard on landing correctly. I found that a slight forward lean really helped me land better and it made running feel much easier. I’m not sure if it was just a mental trick but I’m going to continue working on that.
More good news – I trucked up the last hill (Bellamy) no problem today. I’m definitely getting stronger. There was a time not long ago when Bellamy had my number and oftened triggered the old “you’ve-been-running-at-95%-for-too-long” gag reflex I’ve experienced occasionally.
Total distance was about 10k – I’m happy about today.
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Wednesday June 23, 2004 @
is that what is?
Everytime I do a race, I almost vomit coming across the finish line. I call it finish line anxiety. Not sure what’s all about.
You should come run here sometime, there is NO route that doesn’t have at least 4 hills in it. Some of them are BRUTAL!
But at races we pass a lot of non hilly runners on the hills.