Monday, July 30, 2018

May the Best of Your Todays*

I often think of posts I want to do and then don’t get around to doing it for a week or so. Often times that means the nature of my thoughts has changed because, as many know, one day you have a great run and one day a terrible one and your mood or focus can be directly affected by that. But for about a week I’ve been thinking of the line: “may the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows” and how that related so well to running in my mind.

I did a speed workout last Monday which was my first go around with Yassos this Marathon training block. It wasn’t the best speed I’ve done but I really hunkered down into it (after work) and focused on getting it done. I got it done, hit most of the splits, and didn’t feel terrible although it was hard work. And it cues in that song lyric which, I hope, everyday that I work hard gets me better so that however good I do something today, tomorrow will be an improvement. Even if it’s not, maybe at least having that focus will help me *think* it will be that way.

Sunday, July 22, 2018

A Melody Played

I’ve been a little quiet although not mentally about this training. I was thinking along the same lines of the previous blog posts for a while and decided that nothing really clicked post wise fornrunning that I hadn’t already covered a lot and would probably cover a lot more. But then I did have a couple of good days including a pretty good speed workout that I was, for some reason, very anxious about beforehand (so much that the night before I had thought to do it in the AM I slept like garbage). I think that stems from both time management (before work) and heat management (after work). But the week worked out and I found myself having some of those peaceful moments when I ran even if it was a hard run for some reason.

I think that is part of the oxymoron part of running: to do it and do it welltakes work and discomfort. But if all you have is the discomfort there is no peace. It is about trying to find that peace and calm even amongst the pain, work and doubts. So, I found that I had some of those moments and they made me happy and helped with my focus and the long term goals that I still have which seem both so far away and so close.

*To a melody played
on the strings of our souls.
And a rhythm that rattled
us down to the bone.