Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 58°F, 89% Humidity, Winds: SE @ 5 mph; feels like 74°F.Estimated Pace: 8:11 min./per mile avg.
Following up on my route scouting hike earlier in the week, this morning (after returning from the vets), I went to the Old Rifle Range Trail at the Ellison Park Wetlands Center to run the course. This time I brought a color coded map my wife had printed out, so that I could run the complete route and avoid any "flash" snafus. The map proved helpful and the colors, which corresponded to those on trail signs and flashes, assisted in guiding me along the correct route. I traveled the extended White and Yellow loop twice, to better internalize the route for future runs.
Also of note is the fact that I did not bring my watch today, which I think was a subconscious nod to one of the books I am currently reading, This Voice in My Heart: A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness by Gilbert Tuhabonye with Gary Brozek. In the book, Gilbert describes his training in Burundi, Africa, under the tutelage of his coach, Adolphe, who did not allow his athletes to wear watches:
Adolphe believed it was essential to train your body to become its own stopwatch. We were not allowed to wear a timing device when we trained. Our bodies would be all the meter we would ever need.For those, like I, who have previously worried so much about watching a clock--some folks even running with super-GPS wrist systems that allow one to track individual progress via this-and-that formula--this basic equipment omission is easer "said" than "done"…
Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!
P.S.
Run 2 w/Anne: 1.8 miles in :25:00 min. @ 5:15 p.m.
Anne and I continued working through a 5k training plan together (today a 25-minute run) before heading out to watch the Cross-Country races at Cobbs Hill Park.
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