Just short of 11 miles before sunrise, at times when it was still really dark, and we were seeing people running and cycling with headtorches/lights. Houston is a crazy place to train for sports, if one gets out at around 7:30 (like I did last week), it would be too hot, and too humid. On top of that, most people will be out and about, the roads will be dustier. My newly washed trainers have luckily escaped the dusty restoration by my early start this morning.
Saw this signpost on the home stretch of my run this morning, which echoes my last post on the LIFO/FIFO concept in God's books :)
This can surely be applied to the need for speed in our daily lives. The rogue drivers I see rushing about on the I-10 West every friday afternoon, cutting and chasing through from the slow lane across to the fastest without indicating, and some copycat 'chasers'....what's the point? Occasionally we see them pulled aside somewhere ahead of us by a cop. In the distance running world, we are constantly reminded that we should start slow, to finish in good shape. True enough, from VLM 2011, I've encountered a few cases of 'hitting the wall' (myself included in the 'starting too fast' category). Is it worth blasting to pieces? and at the end of the day, does the record matter? This week, we've gathered that Paula Radcliffe's World record in the 2003 London Marathon has been scrapped. Similarly, I've written to RunBritain too as my sub-2 half-marathon PB @ Dorney Lake in Feb this year cannot be counted into my handicap as it was not an accredited course. All it matters at the end of the day, is that you have achieved a result that you have worked hard enough for. Recognition can only be external.
Now waiting for my pacer to come back for breakfast. After all, he's going to be the last one in this morning as he's doing another loop round the bayou!
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