Back to Tarmac.......and rain
Saturday, 31. October 2009, 10:34:42
A cold this week put off my return to running but this morning I could bear it no longer and needed to get out and back at it.
With adequate support and a slow pace it was all fine. In fact i managed a slow 10k right off.
Now I just need to increase the pace every two days, maybe I have seven runs in me between today and the race itself.
The rain wasn't heavy and it was warm.....there is something really liberating about being able to run through wet weather. Its almost as if the energy and heat you create as you run burns through the rain, you feel almost impervious to it.
Wind is the killer, you need to be so mentally strong and energetically resilient not to let it bother you. The chinese considered it a very pernicious influence on chi and I can feel entirely where they are coming from.
Running in wind isn't just challenging in terms of head-wind and resistance, it seem to penetrate any clothing, it gets into your headphones, and seem to rob you of your vitality. Give me rain anyday.
With adequate support and a slow pace it was all fine. In fact i managed a slow 10k right off.
Now I just need to increase the pace every two days, maybe I have seven runs in me between today and the race itself.
The rain wasn't heavy and it was warm.....there is something really liberating about being able to run through wet weather. Its almost as if the energy and heat you create as you run burns through the rain, you feel almost impervious to it.
Wind is the killer, you need to be so mentally strong and energetically resilient not to let it bother you. The chinese considered it a very pernicious influence on chi and I can feel entirely where they are coming from.
Running in wind isn't just challenging in terms of head-wind and resistance, it seem to penetrate any clothing, it gets into your headphones, and seem to rob you of your vitality. Give me rain anyday.
WIDGETIZE
Uncle Thang # 31. October 2009, 19:06
Oh and congrats on not frakking your man bits.