Left em Trailing..

What an amazing thing to wake up too at 6am. I am more than enfatuated with my new found passion and talent, I might add, of running.

After taking 5 days off from running...I know it was stressful :/ .... I was back at it this morning with a very quick 4.5miles. I did ye old workout split, and will chow down on another 4.5miles later this evening.

Today though was....errr different. Yesterday I was feeling "off" through my normal cross training. I skipped the second portion of CT because I felt a sudden stomach urge. I re-focused and absolutely crushed my strength training. I felt like Hulk walking around the gym...It felt GREAT.

This morning when I woke up I just knew I would be on the struggle bus, Late night and strength training prior day, makes for an exhausting 5am start-up. I shook it loose and got my body rolling for the day. I might add I drove the wrong direction to the destination, not once, but twice.Fun!

Ok enough with the monologue of my life story here. Hit the park and felt great. Moved through mile 1 at 9:05, and rippppped it down to 7:43 solid by mile 3 to 4.5. So what did it today? What gives? How did I hold on and not slouch. The Trail! I took advice from a great friend and broke up my run with 2 appropriately spaced trails that got me off the road. The trail running felt especially great this morning and kept me pushing. Once I resumed onto the road my body was already steaming ahead like the little engine that could.....chooo chooooooo.....

What finally got me was I had completely left a great friend of mine packing on the run. I kept looking back and he was no where in sight. The euphoric feeling was undeniable. Jeff is a much much better runner and has beat me at many different events by a long shot, almost 5 minutes in some races. Not today though, today in my heart I could not be denied. I realized although Jeff and I were not racing by any means, a little friendly competition goes a long way to ones mental state. So Jeff if your reading this, thank you for running with me and allowing me to use you to keep my mind safe and sound.

I CAN not, I WILL not, and I SHALL not BE DENIED. God speed friends! 

btw I forgot my underoos for the run this morning...how's that for runner's class ;) Ha!

Ryan