9:10 pace
A number of things went very wrong for me yesterday late into the afternoon.....embarrassing and horrible things that I did in a state of exhaustion that I will not mention here and hope to never be reminded of. So sleeping was not restful. I haven’t run a Friday in a long while (usually resting/stretching/cross training before a long Saturday run). But I'm sort of in between gigs right now and needed to cleanse my palette from yesterday with a dose of running outdoors in perfect weather. It was my goal to search for the 1/4 mile markers that Sasha told me about (in reference to the question: Should I get a Garmin? To which he replied that I do not because there are markers on the trail at every 1/4 mile). ANYWAY, it was kind of him to believe that one could count in 4's, add, and then divide whilst running. I am committed to the beauty of running distance which for me is: allowing my mind and eyes wander. Looking for the "magic triangles" (as Sasha put it) every quarter mile, made me dizzy. Anyway, I'm sure I'll be fine up to 6 miles without a Garmin for a while. It's those longer runs later in the summer when I really can't tell the difference between 17 and 20. I forget how to add and divide somwhere around mile 12. Who am I kidding? I can't add o divide right ever. | 