Today I ran ten beautiful miles on the Towpath with my friend Joy, whom I haven't seen in weeks. Joy and I used to run together regularly in the morning and on Sundays, but life got in the way for us, and it has been a while. I was surprised and happy when she responded to my invitation to run with a "See you there!"
I've been worried about a bit of weight gain lately--food will always be a struggle for me--and I haven't run more than nine miles at a time in the past few months, so I wondered if today would be difficult. It turns out that it was easy-peasy. I felt like I could have easily put in a few more miles.
I attribute this to several factors:
1. I ran with Joy, who is so easy to talk to. Even after not seeing each other for weeks, we were able to slip back into our long-run conversations. That is a true running peep.
2. I haven't neglected my strength training, and I've tried to step up my core-strength training during my non-running days. It's amazing what a difference weights can make.
3. Believe it or not, I also credit trail running, which I have done about three weeks in a row. I initially thought it might make me slower or more reluctant to run a longer distance since I walk the hills most of the time, but guess what?
We ran from Szalay's into Peninsula and turned around just a mile past Lock 29.
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| The Towpath coming back from Peninsula |
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| The Cuyahoga River from the Towpath |
On a final note, I would like to congratulate my running peeps who raced this weekend: Stacie and Cassie did the Buckeye 1/2, Teresa and Julie did the Buckeye 1/2 Relay, Heather and family did the Marine Corps 10k, and Jennifer and Steve ran the Marine Corps Marathon! Well done, Peeps!
Gotta race coming up? Yes? No? Mine's in two weeks, but I'm definitely not stressing about it (I know--who is this person?). Enjoy what is left of the fall leaves, and run happy, Peeps!
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