Notes
Well, a planned 26 on a track had all the makings of the easiest run I could conceive of: not being out in the middle of no-where with the nearest exit miles away; a reoccurring aid station; no worry of oncoming traffic with their cellphones glued to their ears; and my car nearby in case the Prairie Dogs showed up ;-). Well, it couldn't have gone worse for a data freak like me. The Garmin battery, which I know I charged, but must have accidentally turned on in my desk, was dead. I tried to adapt and go with what my phone told me, but it was jumping all over the place in pace. 8 flat to 14:30 (I was no where near a walking pace). I was determined to stick it out and go with Q's way of running on feel. Figured I'd just try to keep track of the laps. Since I was running in the outside lane, the distance is a constant and I'd just get an overall pace. I just wouldn't have all the data I want. I'd survive. You ever tried to keep track of laps on a track? Couldn't remember if it was 18 or 19, hell, could have been 20 for all I knew. That early in the game, I knew I wouldn't have a clue come lap 108. So I decided to call it, this run was one I wanted to get a feel for as much as I could with data to back it. Of course, I get home, check the site the phone sends the run data to and I was able to count the laps. 19. Now I at least have something to backup this workout data. So, now I gotta figure out a way to get the long run in on probably the busiest weekend of the year for me so far. Ugh. I might just do 13.1 tomorrow and aim for a 20 on Sunday. Then it's taper time.
What did I learn today as a runner? I'll go with the Tom Hanks Castaway Quote trifecta:
"I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail... And I know what I have to do now. I have to keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
--- How I feel without my technology, but deep down I know what I should realize and practice the philosophy of Road/Shoe/Legs/Passion
"We live and we die by time. And we must not commit the sin of losing our track on time."
--- For me, I do care about reaching my goals in pace and have the early stages of down the path of belief that I will reach Boston before I'm 40
"First thing it's two minutes, then four, then six, then the next thing you know, we're the U.S. mail."
--- This time around I know I can't mail it in like I thought I could last time