I came up with this clever (or so I thought) name for my runs on Sundays...
SUNDAY RUNDAY.
Very original, I know.
I realized yesterday that sidewalks and shoulders are hard to come by these days. So I drove around for a bit looking for a new, clearer route to shuffle. Aubry L. Parkway from W. Rifle Club Rd to Bowl and Pitcher and back turned out to be the route, and what an awesome run! Sunny, gorgeous and little traffic...with other runners on the road to make it feel like I wasn't alone. Don't get me wrong though. I loved doing this one solo- sometimes you just gotta get out by yourself.
I decided also to try some tricks as suggested by Mike at the last Tri-Fusion meeting. The thoughts went like this:
Ok, shoulders relaxed, check
Where's my foot strike? I dunno, I can't tell. Feels like maybe a mid foot strike?...meh.
Arms at 90 degrees, check! Crap, now my shoulders are tense... ok relax shoulders
How's my torso rotation? Lets keep it to a minimum...oh wow! This makes my arms swing more! weird. Breathing is good!
Head up, slight lean forward...ok that feels silly...lets not do that right now. (it's about this time a car passes at such a slow pace that I begin to feel like a beast in a drive-thru zoo)
Look at my shadow for some sort of inaccurate form evaluation... ick. I look like a glorified speed walker...no wonder they tell you to keep your head up.
Now I know I'm heel striking. I must be getting tired. Arms still good, shoulders tense again (how does that happen?) Relax! Oh ROCK! (that was close)
Mike said something about ponytail bobbing...how the heck do you run without your ponytail bobbing?!! I'll just braid my hair.
Why do my pants always head south?!
stupid shoulders, knees and toes!
hinging a swips, soot triks, ponybobbers showhokddsts BLAH!
How about I just run?
I did.
And it was great.
