Rejuvenation

The primary reason to have a coach is to have somebody who can look at you and say, "Man you're looking good today." - Jack Daniels
I was looking good today.

I’m sitting here now, finishing the remnants of a favourite staple, sardine picante, my stomach slowly beginning to bloat after eating too much. I’m content. The last two days have left me emotionally spent and I wasn’t sure what to expect when I hopped in the car and on a last minute suggestion decided to drive up to UVic and run at the stadium.

I met O’Cal’s group as they were finishing their drills and although we were doing different workouts, and me believing that misery loves company, I jumped in and started with them. I can’t really explain what happened next. My legs had felt heavy and sluggish during the warm-up, which left me shaking my head as I split the first 400 in 1:12. What was I thinking? Okay, clearly I wasn’t thinking but when others are splitting laps between 60”-65” I thought I was going slow.

I was supposed to run the 800s on 2:40 but with the setting sun casting a warm orange glow over the track, and the cool night air tasting like a refreshing draught, I decided to let the cards fall where they might and proceeded to run smooth and in control. More importantly, I was having fun.

[2:32, 2:35, 2:34, 2:37, 2:35, 2:35, 2:36 & 2:34]

Training:
Sunday: mountainous 1:54:46
Monday: day off (scheduled)
Tuesday: 1:21:46 with 8x800 (2’)