Thursday nights Woodland T stop to Crossroads pub run was pretty much everything I could have hoped it could be. Two things helped contribute to this. First, the roughly 7-8x ongoing streak of Thursday being the coldest night of the week was finally broken, with temperatures in the mid-upper 30's, and probably more importantly, I also finally got to wear my new sneakers. Sneaker wear is one of those things that I am constantly debating with myself. Through the past several years personal experience, as well as several discussions with many different "experienced" runners, I have pretty much determined that I should only really be putting 3-400miles on a single pair of shoes. I also try to have a working strategy of having 2 pairs of rotating sneakers, the ideal scenario being that they would be roughly 150 miles out of phase or so, such that you always have one good pair to run in, as the other pair is on its way out and you break in the new ones... Needless to say, it doesn't always work out that way, but it's still something to aim for. So regardless of the fact that I'm very aware of this, and no matter how many times I'm told, I'm continually amazed at how often I don't follow these simple rules, and instead end up racking up 6-700miles on a single pair, and then completely blow myself away at how great I feel when I finally break down and get new sneakers. This pretty much summarizes exactly how I felt last night. I got to Crossroads and felt amazing, mesmerized at how great I felt not only at the finish, but for the duration of the run, and how my legs never really got sore at all after, my knees felt fine, and I actually felt like I could sprint the last 1-2miles... Normally by the time I reach Crossroads, I'm *ready* to be done...
In any event, it was a really good night, the weather was much better than it's been in the past to say the least, and thus I was also able to NOT have to make the detour by my car to pick up my backpack of dry clothes either, which was a nice relief for my back, shoulders and neck as well...
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i actually asked around and know several people who read this blog daily or weekly, including some coworkers that dont know u but run and find ur blog inspiring! so dont fret u have a class act following who find u ask inspiring and interesting as i do! Love u and so proud of u! Glad u managed to stay dry and it was al u could have hoped for in a run! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxi
I and many of our coworkers love reading your blog every week, so cool to hear about the trials and tribulations of training for the marathon...
Dennis! We cant wait to meet you buddy, love reading the blog, keep up the good work, cant wait to see the final time you get!!!
Love the blog,watched Nicole go thru the entire nike process, glad it all worked out. Blog is impressive, we're hooked, good luck in April and hope to meet u before then.
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