12.3 miles today. Here are the highlights:
1 GU 20 minutes before run
.5 miles (whig in the middle of the road)
3.5 dead possum in the road smelling to "high" heaven
4 miles (4 rows deep in a cornfield to "get rid of" all the the water I consumed to get ready for the run!
5 miles GU GEL
6 miles I thought about if the Beastie Boys pulled me up on stage, what song would I rap with them.
7 miles (found a hair net in the middle of the street)
8.5 miles met a 73 year old man who was training for his first half marathon. I stopped and walked with him for 5 minutes. We were in the middle of the road with cornfields on both sides talking. .it was almost surreal. His name is KC - -I told him I would pray for his continued health.
9 miles GU GEL
9.5 miles Felt like my legs were going to fall off.
10 miles I thanked God for my kids. I thought about who I love who is alive and who I love who is not alive.
10.5 miles I smelled a juniper and was taken back to Colorado in my mind.
12.3 miles HOME!
Instead of just "running" today I started thinking. It is like pitching, putting, giving a presentation . . .you can't THINK you just have to DO. When I think - -I fail. I kicked out of it but several times I asked myself what in the world I was doing out here in 85 degree humid weather. I asked myself what I was trying to prove, who I was trying to prove it to and tried to convince myself that this was some sort of vain attempt to get back my lost youth. The bible says that "the mind controlled by the spirit is life" . .I hold on to that promise. I was met by my family (and niece) who walked around the block with me to cool off. I then "iced" myself for about 20 minutes. I feel good. Through God, I won the battle once again.
This is it . . .
