Just a 3 mile recovery run last night. Wooden legs turning to cement as we dragged ourselves past the easy 2 mile turnaround point and down into the park. Some days, the body and mind settle in. On others, like last night, the only satisfaction is the task accomplished. I like to picture myself at mile 16 of a marathon, remind myself that the bad days are better training than the good sometimes. The sky was indeed beautiful - bright indigo and star filled.
Last night, I dreamed I was running the half marathon. The course was poorly marked, with jaunts into blind alleys, and even a mall. Somewhere along the way, I grew confused as to whether I was running a whole marathon or a half, and I only confirmed it was a half when someone jumped forward, holding up a stopwatch to record my time. In the dream, I finished in 2:14:55. Better than I'll do in the real thing - perhaps my mind has launched a positive visualization campaign.
Finally, I'm moving up in the blogosphere - the blog has cracked the top million on Technorati. (Insert amused smile). Thanks, everyone, for reading and linking here.
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Visualization can do amazing things for performances. We use it for the high school XC team, and the kids swear by it. Really does help the focus.
Congratulations on breaking the top million! So now you're dreaming about racing; I'd say you are officially hooked.
Visualization helps me too. I'm a very logically minded person and am amazed that something so abstract can seemingly help.
You've heard it a million times, but "a bad day running is better than a good day at work (or school)."
Congrats on the higher ranking! It's neat to accomplish things like this even with modest effort put into it.
i might start having nightmares about the race soon too...i ALWAYS do!
congrats on the blog accolades!!
Hi there, first time visiter to your blog, congrats on the 10 miles. Sounds like a nice route. All the best for the half coming up.
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