I woke up early this morning for a talk with my folks, things are healing and that is good. Afterwards I lazed around and talked with the wife and before I knew it, my run window was gone. I panicked, thinking that my streak was going to end at 4, because I honestly didnt know if I would be able to get another opportunity to run today.
As the day progressed, however, I cut out time around 3pm, that would give me an hour to run, before my next to do list task. As I was heading out to change, I was interupted by a person that I had been trying to track down all day....now he was ready for what I needed done, but he only had an hour to do it. So, run pushed back, yet again.
After I finished that tasking, I headed down to meet with my boss, and get started on a project for later this week, only to find out that it wasnt happening anymore. What's this? All of a sudden my night is free? AWESOME!!
I quickly went and changed into PT's, and grabbed Gary, the Grumpy Garmin, my headphones and hit the trail. I was pumping Avenged Sevenfold in my ears, and that increased tempo and aggression must have been the catalyst for my legs, as I warmed up with a 9:30 mile and then churned out 4 miles between 8:20 and 8:45. That is fast for these conditions and this trail. 5.2 in 44:59.
I am starting to learn and understand that trail running times do not equate (AT ALL) to road running times, some trails a max effort might get you in the 7mm range, other trails (like mine here) max effort will get you in the 8:30-9:00mm range....its the little nuances that make trail running so much more interesting than road.
Anyway....Gary stayed alive, the Tunes never died and I had a great run! What a great day....I hope tomorrow will be just the same, or better....54~~
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