Well several things in the last hour. Did a wonderful 4 miles at Belmont just now. I was trying to think of a good term to describe the weather this afternoon. Stupendous is a little too bombastic/ Howard Cosellish, Fabulous is getting closer also Amazing is close but not really strong enough and Incredible is really pretty close then i was like ah- keep it simple of course. The weather today was Perfect. There is no way the weather could have been any better than it was on the run today. Light breeze, perfect temperature, pleasant but not overly strong sun, clear air, ideal mostly dry humidity. The sun shining through the trees after the run was quite ideal. I was debating with myself the philosophical point of whether(haha) it is better to have this weather every day or have some variation to make us appreciate it more. I suppose thinking about it now that Some is definitely nice but we could use days like this a heck of a lot more lol. Anyway that was very nice.
Then watched Belmont and picked Tonalist in the lineup beforehand- just said it right away. This happens from time to time for me(and probably more for some other people than for me obv). Of course you dont remember the other thousand times it doesnt work(more or less) i guess but still... I think maybe with string theory and multiple dimensions maybe we have dimensions that are slightly out of phase with us in time and some people can get crossover from time to time. Who knows eh? 100-200 years ago there was lots of stuff that we thought was magic/psychic etc and now is perfectly explainable. We shall see- or not lol. Or maybe AI can figure it out if we cant- ugh.
Overall this week was good. Im feeling tempted every couple days to run faster than im supposed to(at least before the run or during the day maybe not so much during the runs yet totally lol). So got to the 40 mile plateau- on the number- which is just more steady progress. Workouts consisted of 10x400 on track all in either 91-92 starting every 2:00. The good thing about starting every 2:00 is that it forces me to run at least relatively close to the goal pace(94). These were appropriate effort the hardest part was often the rest where my breathing was a little labored. Then the first 200 was the easiest part(pretty much always 44) and the second 200 was ok. It was semi hot prob like 85 so that was a little part of it but no prob really. Took water prob 3 times.
Other workout was 2 loops steady in woods 8:23/8:17 for 16:40(math!). The goal was 17:00 but again the effort was acceptable. My breathing was fine in this one and my legs were a little tired. Oh i also did 8x100 the day before with Ethan on grass in 18-19 which was good. My ab was a little sore after the steady run like that night I have to be aware of that and try to monitor it(ie acknowledge its there and then ignore it haha).
Next week is quite similar to this week in goals- 40 miles,workouts 6x800 grass and 2 loops in woods again. ALso long run tomorrow at patapsco.
Oh btw I did note during the run the amusing nature of running on Belmont and then watching Belmont. Also I thought perhaps the road is named after the race? That is actually a legit thought because the farm with Native Dancer is on that road and has been for a long time obv. Im going to look up which race he won.
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