Surprise Yourself
I so enjoyed your comments from my last post: Yes, Gillian, just a little meshugganah (but hopefully in a good way). Everyone's advice was good; it's what I would have said to someone else. Don't push too hard. Maybe start with an easier race....
But I admit to having trouble following advice sometimes. It probably would have been smart to have waited, but the race was there.
I ran yesterday. Ten miles of hills. And it was fun. I felt good. The achiness of earlier in the week was gone. I had slept a lot during the week in the hopes of fighting back against this Lyme disease. And that seemed to have worked.
I finished strong - sprinted the end - because I could. I finished in 1:35, an average pace of 9:35 min. per mile. That's not bad for me.
Post race, I swam in the cold waters of Lake George - a perfect post-race activity (cold baths help reduce inflammation in tired, stressed muscles). And after that, my friend and I had a lovely lunch at the Sagamore, looking up towards the narrows of Lake George (one of the most beautiful lakes I've seen).
But I admit to having trouble following advice sometimes. It probably would have been smart to have waited, but the race was there.
I ran yesterday. Ten miles of hills. And it was fun. I felt good. The achiness of earlier in the week was gone. I had slept a lot during the week in the hopes of fighting back against this Lyme disease. And that seemed to have worked.
I finished strong - sprinted the end - because I could. I finished in 1:35, an average pace of 9:35 min. per mile. That's not bad for me.
Post race, I swam in the cold waters of Lake George - a perfect post-race activity (cold baths help reduce inflammation in tired, stressed muscles). And after that, my friend and I had a lovely lunch at the Sagamore, looking up towards the narrows of Lake George (one of the most beautiful lakes I've seen).
We can surprise ourselves. We all struggle with this and that, but sometimes, if we try, we can do more than we thought possible.
Live life with no limits. Surprise yourself today.
Julie
- BY Julie Goodale | 06.27.2011
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