The Revolution Starts Now!
Woke up this morning to the rain. Got the NY Times and started reading it, and then decided to go out and run anyway. By the time I got out the rain was reduced to drizzle and, with the cloud cover and cool temps, the conditions were actually good to run.
Ran down to the Art Museum and met up with Philly Runners. Among others, Ian showed up and for my venturing out into the wet weather I was rewarded with a loop around the Drives with him. We caught up filling the other in on our respective marathons and then continued just jabberig, all at about a 7 minute pace. I noticed it was conversational in that we were able to yap without getting out of breath.
Altogether, conservatively, it was 14.5 miles in 1:46:45. This puts me over 1000 miles for the year. Last year I didn't do that until April 26th, so I'm 4 days ahead of myself mileagewise. It feels a bit deflating that this year doesn't seem much different than last year in this respect.
But, as a good American, I need to look ahead and, in the words of Pumbaa, get my behind out of my past. Plan for Revolutionary Run tomorrow is, again, to go out and run a 1-mile split that scares me and let the rest of the race fall as it may. Then its Broad Street and back to building base mileage. If I start now I'll have a lot of time until the fall, and if I can do that it will make a big difference over what I did last year.
Revolutionary Run. Sounds subversive, like something Homeland Security should be concerned about (if it were done right). Or at least have a moment of silence to remember Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City '68. Now there was a revolutionary run.
The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
You may recognize that Steve Earle lyric from a Chevy commercial.
Ran down to the Art Museum and met up with Philly Runners. Among others, Ian showed up and for my venturing out into the wet weather I was rewarded with a loop around the Drives with him. We caught up filling the other in on our respective marathons and then continued just jabberig, all at about a 7 minute pace. I noticed it was conversational in that we were able to yap without getting out of breath.
Altogether, conservatively, it was 14.5 miles in 1:46:45. This puts me over 1000 miles for the year. Last year I didn't do that until April 26th, so I'm 4 days ahead of myself mileagewise. It feels a bit deflating that this year doesn't seem much different than last year in this respect.
But, as a good American, I need to look ahead and, in the words of Pumbaa, get my behind out of my past. Plan for Revolutionary Run tomorrow is, again, to go out and run a 1-mile split that scares me and let the rest of the race fall as it may. Then its Broad Street and back to building base mileage. If I start now I'll have a lot of time until the fall, and if I can do that it will make a big difference over what I did last year.
Revolutionary Run. Sounds subversive, like something Homeland Security should be concerned about (if it were done right). Or at least have a moment of silence to remember Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City '68. Now there was a revolutionary run.
The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
You may recognize that Steve Earle lyric from a Chevy commercial.
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