Well today was a good day, aren't they all? I made my 7AM appointment. However, the farrier was 40 minutes late. oh well, i got an extra 5 minutes of sleep in the truck. Then i worked until noon at the clinic and then 'til 6pm putting together cages for the new clinic. I hurt my lower back a little lifting the cages but more on that later.
When i got home i changed clothes and stretched (better than usual) and got ready for my 6 mile run. then i thought "my ankle hurts a little, my back hurts a little, maybe i should take today off and restart week #2 on Monday." Then i thought to myself....i have been talking this run up all week, i can't not do it (more on that later). So i headed of, a little more apprehensive than usual about the run because i was a little sore in the above mentioned areas and because the 3 mile run 2 days ago was so tough.
500 yards into the run i was having a little more lower back pain, i shrugged it off. 1.5 miles into the run (and 15:26 minutes) i was feeling good, maybe a little calf cramp but nothing more. i really felt like i had made better time than that, but i felt good so i was not going to worry about a slow pace. 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles i felt good. at 4 miles i actually stepped into a slightly faster pace, it felt like. i was running very comfortably, actually a little worried i might be going too fast to finish strong.
About the last 1/4 mile there is a medium uphill grade. if i am going to be broken it is probably going to be here. i know that and i think that is why i can pull the hill pretty well, and as soon as i am up the hill it is downhill to the finish! one thing i realized is that if you look at the top of the hill, it looks steep. however, if you look where your next step is going to be, it really isn't that steep at all. my final time for the 6 miles was 58:12, so roughly 9:45 min/mile.
that reminded me of a quote about walking on a tight-rope. if you focus on the rope you can make it across- if you focus on all the empty space around the rope you will surely step in the empty space. so do not worry about life's problems around you, focus on the goal. and don't look at the steep incline, look at your nearly level next step. if every next step is barely higher than the previous, it is not much of a hill at all.
the book i am reading currently (life wide open..) talks about the things in life that you can't not do. the things that burn inside you, the things that take up almost all your thoughts. those are the things in life we can't not do. i think it is easy to get in the rut of life and go with the flow and the things that were once what we couldn't not do are now just tucked away. well, i am saying take them back and don't not do them. Jack Johnson has a song that talks about a guy telling his girlfriend that her dreams are just dreams. it isn't true. i challenge everyone reading this to pick one thing they always wanted to do but never did and get 'er done within the next 6 months.
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