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Near Zen
February 25, 2008 |
Supermutt and I headed out for our long run of 5 miles yesterday. The weather was about as perfect as it gets for mid February in New Hampshire. Bright, sunny, 40 degrees, and no wind. Even better, it was the second warm, sunny day in a row so almost all slush had been eliminated. I also had new running shoes. I was starting to have some problems with sore achilles, and a little hamstring tendinitis. So I switched to a new shoe. I really like them so far. My feet and knees feel great, and I’m going to start some PT for my hamstring later this week to help speed that along. As if all this wasn’t enough, Supermutt had his best run yet. He was calm and collected, perfectly happy trotting along side me. No pulling, no trying to track mystery scent trails, no constant attempts at the old snowbank leg lift. It was almost spooky. Everything all came together for one near perfect zen run. I say near perfect because I was sooo damn tired. Everything was so well aligned however, that I almost didn’t notice how tired I was.
It all came to a screeching halt today. I decided to forgo my usual day of rest after my long run because we’re supposed to get yet another nasty storm tomorrow, and today, it was sunny and 45 degrees. Unfortunately, Supermutt and I were not feeling the Zen today. We ran into just about every single dog that lives on the route we chose to run. Supermutt pulled every time we ran into one of those dogs, so the pulling was nearly constant. I was even more tired than the day before, but the new shoes still felt great with a grand total of 7 1/2 miles on them now. It was supposed to be a 3 mile run. When I got back to the house I checked my watch. Wow, a sub 10 minute mile run … wait, a sub 10 that can’t be right. I was so tired I took a right and headed home instead of going straight to add on that last mile and I didn’t even realize it. Zen is so fleeting!
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