"Cecilia. You're breakin' my heart..." ~ playing in my ears as I took off for a road run. Thankfully, I listen to music when I run on the roads. It's such a pain in my ass (literally) to pound that concrete but the Around the Bay 30 km is coming up
In 12 sleeps and I thought I should remind my body of what the terrain is going to be.
Why do I run the Around the Bay if I hate road running?
Because I have a love/hate relationship with that race. It's historical and several other reasons which I'll get to later.
I ran an out and back route, the hilly part of the race route and on the way back, those same
Hills in the opposite direction.
I used to dread that part of the route. After running the race 6 times I've learned that it's the part of the race that breaks runners down if they haven't trained well and I now love the hills.
I only ran 2.5 hours when I had planned 3.
I ran late. It got dark and that route is not well lit.
Now, I don't walk when I run roads. I stop to fill my water bottle but that's it. I just like it that way.
Smokers, tokers, Bus and car exhaust, drivers who try to run over pedestrians as a hobby (not
watching sidewalks) are challenges to face.
I sing when I run. As long as there is no one around. One thing trail running has taught me is to not care what I look like when I run.
I mouth words to the songs and yes, I'm that crazy lady singing lady gaga as she runs. I don't know those people! WTF do I care what they think of me? Life is too short and the run is far too long to not have fun while I'm running.
I also tried to cheat on my run. Any chance I got to run on grass, I did. My feet were loving the uneven terrain for some change in muscle use (my toes sometimes go numb...long story!). My legs loved the cushioning and my mind loved concentrating on not tripping on uneven ground.
Water stop: hmmmm...I am a water mooch. If I know someone who lives around the route I'll stop at their house to refill my water bottle. I carry $ in case I have to stop at the store but hey...they look at me weird when I run into their store. Today I stopped at my ex in-laws place. Odd----I am close to my ex husbands parents and I often run with my ex father in law.
They are also amazing grandparents and since my ex lives with them, my son goes there a lot for overnights. I digress, my water stop was brief and they had water ready for me!!!
Oh yes...why did I run so late? I went to my podiatrist and learned that a lot about my feet.
I already knew a bunch but today I learned that I have flexible feet. Yup! Something to be
Proud of I'm sure. I'd elaborate but it's jumbo jumbo that can wait until later.
This blogging stuff is dangerous. I've always been a journal
Writer... Pages and pages of absolute crap that I think about pours out on pages. I guess
It's a way to clean out the cobwebs of my noggin.
Cheers!
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