Some days everything can be right: well rested, cool temperature, good things to listen to, no injuries, etc. Despite the fact that all of these running stars line up properly, the run still is harder, more grueling than normal. Today (obviously since I brought it up) was one of those days. Every step seemed like I had to push extra hard just to achieve a normal pace. Distances that usually fly by during my run seemed stagnant. I kept going forward, but nothing else did. <\/p>\n
Was this a bad run? No, not really. More of just something to get past, which I did. I kept looking forward to my green drink when I got home. That was my inspiration to continue. <\/p>\n
One odd thing was a couple of young homeless folks sleeping on the trail in the canyon this morning. They looked comfortable and didn’t stir as I passed by despite my grumble about having to climb down the side of the canyon to get by them. Actually I didn’t grumble too much, they looked pretty comfortable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some days everything can be right: well rested, cool temperature, good things to listen to, no injuries, etc. Despite the fact that all of these running stars line up properly, the run still is harder, more grueling than normal. Today … Continue reading