Notes
An interesting experience, if not necessarily the most happy of runs... Out with M today, and not only does the near-loaf of Ciabatta bread had for lunch weigh heavily in my stomach (What was I thinking?) but a bit of an argument between us just before leaving also weighs heavily on my mind. We get through the run as a team, even without our usual banter and camaraderie, and I am thankful for her setting a fine pace for me, but the real challenge/lesson of today lies in listening to my body once again - True the run is not my strongest (although how cool is it that my experience of the once-cripplingly-gravel road surface around the "loop" is now so surprisingly smooth!) but I take definite pride in, firstly, NOT stopping before the finish as the opportunities may well have allowed me to, and secondly, feeling the twinges of tightness in my feet, ankles, and knee but using them to gauge just how slowly and how gently to pace myself while still avoiding harm. Big thanks to my allies for keeping me informed of goings-on below/within, and even moreso for giving me the chance to use that info constructively and positively for my continuing growth as a runner...