What a glorious day in Colorado. Except for the wind the weather is perfect for a long run. I am looking forward to having more time to train in the evenings now that Daylight Savings has arrived. Although a lot of people don't like the time change, as an athlete I think it provides for an opportunity to train more. Today was a 12 mile run, well according to Hal Higdon - the creator of my training program - today was to be run at a s-l-o-w pace. Well---- so much for that. With the wind behind me the route out to the turn around point was done a good pace. I tried to keep it down as much as I could. After the turn around - I was met by Mr. Wind. Although this ordinarily would slow me down quite a bit, Today I was feeling great. So I pushed hard through the wind and hard on the uphills and hard on the downhills all the way back. I kept repeating positive messages out loud to myself whenever I felt like backing off. Guess what - it worked. I posted one of my best times for a 12 miler even with the wind to contend with. WOW. What an awesome day !!!!!!!!!!! |
