Ran a 10K today at Cal State University Northridge. After injuring my calf running last Monday (locked up tight), I spent the week either in the pool or doing yoga to loosen up the muscle. And while it's still not 100 %, I felt strong enough to give 6.2 miles a go.Except I didn't want to run.
I didn't want to get up, or drive to Northridge, or run once I got there. Horn sounds and the race starts. Off I go anyway. I wanted to quit at the second mile. Then I wanted to walk for long periods. Then I wanted to quit at mile 5. Yes, it was sunny and hot and the course teemed with race-etiquette challenged "Kids Run L.A." But I've been there/done that before and bounded along like a young deer. Today was different. A most unusal attack of the "quits."
Maybe 10Ks remind me too much of tempo workouts — hard, long mid-week runs at a faster-than-usual pace. They build endurance. And grumpiness.
Despite all that, I set a 10K pr of 52.56. That comes out to an 8:32 pace.
Afterwards, I drove to Brookside Park near the Rose Bowl for World Tai Chi Day. This is a yearly gathering of L.A. County T'ai Chi players and Chinese yoga practioners. Marjorie was there. We hugged good-bye again. She drives to Texas this Friday. I hung out with old chums Loren, Ed, Iren, Dave and Dede from my T'ai Chi class. Then I bought a tee-shirt and left.
Acres of writing, but it'll keep.
I don't want to do that either.
2 comments:
I think you need a good old-fashioned vacation.
Hey! Check it out. One of my all-time favorite bloggers just linked to a new Team in Training guy.
http://beauvoirglass.blogspot.com/
http://ayearinthelifeoflee.blogspot.com/
It's kind of like learning a new word. I'm starting to see Team in Training everywhere now. But I'd never heard of them before you told me.
Including down here a month or two back. It was all over the news and, and, EVERYTHING!
It was great.
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