Daily Total: 4.5 miles; Weekly Total: 45 miles; Per Mile Pace: 8:00; Days Until Marathon: 31
Please note: Today's blog post has minimal relevance to marathon training and will probably provide more in way of poetic inspiration than practical strategy.
This morning's run was welcomingly cut short by the first wave of fall showers. I relinquished myself of ipod and pedometer - sometimes as mentally weighing as a ball and chain - and wore my waterproof athletic jacket for the first time since Spring. While I relish running in the rain, it's best not to indulge for long periods of time for reasons of health and gear. Who likes to run in squishy shoes?
Distance not the only thing cut short. The drudgery that has recently reared its ugly head quickly disappeared in the spontaneity of "playing" in today's autumn rain. There was such satisfaction. Pouncing into the crunch of newly fallen leaves. Charred musk released from wood stoves into the cool, crisp air. School children passing by in brightly colored boots and umbrellas. Dense fog dissipating among towering pine and oak, purple-hued rockfaces, and still burning street lanterns.
I'd love to see a cavalcade of enthusiastic runners abandoning the seriousness of exercise and opting for a "play" in the rain. Sort of a derivation of extreme/freestyle walking. Anyone interested?
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