Yesterday was long and challenging to say the least. I left the house at 8am and returned at 11.30pm... home, showered and sleep-- and in the interim, trained clients, taught weight training class and a challenging spinning class-- I was tired; my legs felt sore.
Waking was slow -- i spent some time reading in bed before I actually started moving-- sometimes after a late night, this helps me get my groove back.....
Not sure I was ready to run... but there it was on the schedule. And 8.04km-- i hadn't run a distance greater than 6k since the snow storm last week.... JOY! and My legs were reminding me of the cadence intervals, completed in spin class the night before.
So this morning--- i left the heart rate monitor, the i-pod and the garmin and other gadgets I use to measure and track my performance at home. (and I ate a chocolate chip cookie before departing-- breakfast of champions).
Today, was just about the run. It was about putting one foot in front of the other, it was about getting my legs back.....
And I ran. I ran at the pace-tempo that I refer to as my 'sprinter's shuffle'. Some might call it road work, others call it a recovery run.... My goal was just to run. To get reacquainted with the road again.
I found $.12 near the house that is being built. I did a mini obstacle course around ice mounds on the back street that no one travels on. I found more change in the form of pennies on the bridge crossing the river, and most importantly, I found my legs.
It didn't matter how fast or how slow I ran. The point was to run. The sun shining in the blue sky and reflecting off the snow.
It was a super morning.
It was good to be on the road again.
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