Blowing snot…
You know, when I’m running, I can’t spit worth a damn. It’s a sight more reminiscent of drooling and always involves some chin wiping. It’s damn humiliating. Nose blowing on the fly, however, seems to be one of my few natural talents. I don’t even have to hold one nostril, I don’t have to wipe my upper lip - man, I get distance. Hell, I might even be able to hit a target. I’d take first in my age group on that one, lemme tell ya. Yeah.
I know I’ve been complaining about the lack of winter weather around here. And I’m not going to stop, but I also think I should look on the sunny side and acknowledge a little gratitude for the pleasant aspects of this f-ed up weather pattern. Today? 48F for heaven sake! And, for the first time in more than a week - no wind. This was the first day that I felt like I was regaining and that was cool. For the first 25 of the planned 50 minutes I just fell easily into a faster rhythm than than I have been and it was so damn encouraging! On the way back in I purposely slowed down but even that was at a faster pace then I’d been going previously. To give you an idea: the first 25:00 was at a pace ranging between 1:30-2:00 faster per mile than I’ve run in the last several runs. And the second 25:00 was :30 to 1:00 faster - and pretty manageable. So Jack was quite right in his last comment when he said “you?ll be out there one day and everything will click.” Cheers to clicking.
Another pleasantry about this run was listening to a cool new podcast! I’m not a triathlete and, at this point anyway, don’t feel compelled to it, but I dig listening to Wil and Kahuna talk about stuff that motivates me just the same. I think they had a great first show and am looking forward to many more. Check it out, if you haven’t already!
Ok, on that note I’m off to sit down with the fam and finally watch Saint Ralph.
Comment by Dawn (aka Pink Lady)
Friday January 20 2006 @ 11:22 pm
Its been a strange winter for us as well. We finally got some snow again today. However, its supposed to go back up to +8C by Monday again so I doubt it will stay. Good job on the running.