Sleepy Five
But on the positive side, I did feel great by the end of this morning's run. I'm not sure if it's endorphins or something else, but I enjoy the daily fix.
Forget the shoes, but don't forget your balls.
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I'm trying to organize my thoughts about Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. I think this will take some time. I wanted to take a quick stab at it and come back to this later as some of this sinks in.Labels: books, Born to Run, Ishmael
For yesterday's run, I duct taped my right big toe, and the results were great. No fear that I would re-injure it, and I was able to run without any issues. I went kind of hard the last 3 miles of the run and am feeling it today. It's the first time in quite awhile that I've felt sore the day after a run.
I'm about 30 pages into Born to Run and enjoying it a great deal. I will probably have more thoughts on this later as I get further along.
It seems like Summer hit all at once this year. I could really feel the humidity yesterday morning. It seemed like the first run of the year that was truly a Summer run. I try not to fight the heat, but just go along with it.
Labels: Born to Run, duct tape, mysterious bloody toe
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I had a pretty good run this morning. My feet felt reasonably good. I'm happy to be gradually bumping up my distance by 1/2 mile every run.
During the run I was thinking a bit about the differences between pessimistic and optimistic running, and came up with some of the following:
pessimistic running: My feet are week and need all the protection they can get.
optimistic running: My feet are strong and do best with little or no interference.
pessimistic running: Running is boring and I need distractions like TV or an iPod to make running more enjoyable.
optimistic running: Running is inherently enjoyable, and I seek to experience it in its pure form.
pessimistic running: Running is hard on my joints.
optimistic running: Running makes my body feel better.
pessimistic running: I have to push myself to run more.
optimistic running: I have to hold myself back from running too much.
pessimistic running: I can only run if the weather is right.
optimistic running: I can run in any kind of weather. I enjoy the various kinds of weather nature provides.
pessimistic running: Running is an unnatural act.
optimistic running: I was born to run.
pessimistic running: My body will eventually break down from running.
optimistic running: My body gets stronger with running.
pessimistic running: I need special clothes to run.
optimistic running: I run in whatever seems to work.
pessimistic running: I need expensive shoes to run.
optimistic running: If I run in shoes (Winter), $5 aquasocks work better than anything else I've found.
pessimistic running: I'm too old to run.
optimistic running: My running gets better as I age.
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