I have been running in this trail for nearly ten years. In snow, sub zero temperatures, torrential rain, tree uprooting winds and sweltering heat. Regardless of the mood of Mother Nature, you can always count on a few nut cases like me defying logic to go put in a run.
Not today. Finished run at 9. Still no other car in the parking lot. Saw nary a human being in the trail !!
58 miles to go to complete 1000 miles. 28 days left.
Cloudy and cool day with slight wind. After the run, the momentary feeling of achievement quickly turned to that of desperation and hunger when I realized that once again I had left the post run nourishment on the kitchen counter :-(And I am ten miles away from home!
When I started this morning, it was 26 degrees with windchill (that is -3 Celsius). Joined the Chalupa group midway and finished up a 10K run. Very pleasantly surprised to see so many of my fellow Bengalis braving the cold and coming out for a walk/run! That too without any muffler, monkey cap, sweater or a shawl!!
Two weeks back, after posting 10K everyday for 7 days, my quads, IT bands and the right knee was a mess. To give them some rest, I stayed off the running trail for a whole week. Went back to the trail this afternoon hoping to put in a short run to test out how the recovery has been. And while those unsuspecting muscles and joints were not watching, quietly put in a half marathon in 2 hours and 10 minutes. I am pretty sure I am going to pay for this tonight đŸ™‚
Have a very full day today. So finished my run this morning in pitch darkness on the dirt roads near my house. We shall not talk about what was that cold thing I felt in my feet and we shall certainly not talk about what I might have stepped into that make my shoes stink to high heaven đŸ™‚
But I did achieve a first time feat – a week of seven consecutive (daily) 10K runs…
