February 4, 2008

Monday, February 4, 2008
That’s what I’m talkin’ about! An easy recovery run that feels like an easy recovery run. I didn’t want to do too much, partly because the last 4 days have been high volume and also because tonight is dart night. I got out just at 4:30 and received stunning vistas throughout the run. Picture a thick carpet of churning grey clouds in the distance, with three equally spaced mountains jutting through like ^^^ and their snow capped peaks glowing with a pink rose petal hue. They are about 15 miles away, as the crow flies, but adjacent the aforementioned presidents (from this point of view) is another mountain which, though smaller in size is larger in profile due to its being about 5 miles away. The clouds which obscured the bottom (and presumably middle) of the presidents is doing the opposite now, the top of the mountain is obscured but the bottom is clearly visible. And this was just in one direction. Look left. More left. Right. Behind. Mountains, valleys, ravines. I slowed down to a near crawl just to enjoy the sight. Anyway, I was a bit stiff and a little sore at first, but by the end of the run felt just fine. That’s my idea of an ideal recovery run – you feel your better when you finish than before. I almost went a couple miles extra, but decided not to. That’s called an iron will.
3.2 miles, 28:24.
And the wings were perfect last night.