2007-02-20

Back to back PRs? I rock!

ORN: I just ran 4 miles in 42:17, a personal record. I'm tempted to think that I am the greatest thing to happen to running since feet given that I have had two PRs in two days. However, looking more closely at the data, my ego gets deflated rather quickly.

True, yesterday, I ran five miles faster than ever. Also true, it was the first time running five miles on the street instead of a treadmill. Likewise, my last many, many four mile runs have all been on treadmills. So today's incredible performance is remarkable only in that this is the first time I have run four miles on the street since last month's Snowman Shuffle race.

Still, it is encouraging to be out on the streets again. I don't know how long the favorable weather is going to last, but I am making the most of it. Tomorrow is a cross training day, thank the gods, because my legs, unused as they are to running on sidewalks, could use a day off.

Oh, and tomorrow is yet another new episode of Lost. Is it a bad thing that the highlights of my week are days off from running and Lost?

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous15:04

    *smile* arrrrr - and i realy thought that i could invite you as the first viking to join us as an URBAN SPORT GUERRILLERO.
    That could be a mixture of cultures - vikings and guerrilleros. Interesting!

    I wish you the best and that you reach your targets this year. Greetings from Hamburg in Germany,

    Carlos
    www.endorphinum.de

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  2. Guten Tag, Carlos. Danke! I signed up for your site, and it is really slick.

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