Most people get a high from positive factors in their life. Take me for example. Every time I see something I like, such as a low body weight, it creates a snowball effect of more positive factors. It's easy to get excited when things are going good. But, what do you do when things are not going good? My solution: Do the total opposite and don't let the bad things ruin the day. Yesterdays run sucked, the "scale" read a few extra pounds this morning, and I've been rather tired. Today I refused to let the bad things become an obstacle and create MORE NEGATIVE FACTORS. With that said, here is a run down of my day.
With my daughter at her grandmothers house for the week (Austin, TX), my bride and I loaded our mountain bikes and drove to near-by Duesen Park. Erin and I had an enjoyable 10 mile bike ride around the park, which borders the South end of Lake Houston. Once we got back home I took a mid-afternoon nap and caught up on some much needed sleep. Refreshed from the afternoon nap I started reading a few running publications, which hit the mailbox this week.
All this lead up to this evening's run. The schedule called for 5 easy miles. In a prior post I talked about the fading 10 minute miles. Well, I'm going to take it a step further and say I'm a 9:30 mile runner... when the distance is less than 10 miles. At least a dozen times tonight, I forced myself to slow down and run EASY. As you can see from the numbers below, easy equaled a 9:36 pace. With tons of left over energy I picked up the mile I left at Cullen Park yesterday for a grand total of 6 miles.
Needless to say, it was a good day, because I MADE it a good day.
Activity: Bike
Time: 52:44
Mileage: 10.02 miles
Location: Duesen Park
How I Felt: 10
Activity: Easy Run
Mileage: 6 miles
Time: 57:33 -- 9:36 pace
Splits:
9:56, 9:34, 9:31, 9:38, 9:31, 9:23
Location: Woodland Pines Subdivision
How I Felt: 10
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Keep up the good work! My excuse? I had a foot go out on me. Arthritis where the big toe meets the foot ended my marathon days....I ran one in 2:39 about 20 pounds ago (hey, it used to be 40 pounds ago).
While I didn't have access to daily equipment to measure body fat and fat mass weight, I did keep logs....and I still have them 20+ years later. They are a wonderful thing to go back and look at occasionally.
I have 114.92 hours logged on the excercycle and elliptical machine at the gym this year....that has to count for something, doesn't it???
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Nice run!
You hit it right on the head, when you fall off you get right back on and ride (run)like hell. Seeya Tuesday.
9:30 min mile - great job!
Your bad day made good reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, "Attitude determines your altitude." :)
I completely agree...it's all about how we look at things. It took me a long time to realize that I am in complete control of whether I have a good or bad day.
Good words of wisdom, oh wise one!!
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