Cleansing thoughts

In no thanks part to my morning sludgery, yesterday I was forced to take my daily run to the afternoon streets. 15-minute warm up, 6 hill repeats, 30-min cool down, no less than 105 degrees. Even keeping to the shade – that was hot. When I was asked how my run was, the only word that came to mind was “cleansing”.

 

I’m pretty sure, if given the chance and proper hydration, I could sweat every negative thought and emotion out of my body. It was almost therapeutic. I almost enjoyed it. Almost.

And because I decided just five more minutes when my alarm went off at 4:40, I get a chance to do it all over again today. So, for my quick 55-minute jaunt down the Katy Trail, I will be channeling visions of saunas and relaxing spas and thinking about how cold it’s going to be on race morning in December. All I know is after barely making it through last Saturday’s training run, I will not fall behind. I may, however, reconsider this whole sleeping in thing – at some point the extra sleep just won’t be worth it.

Tomorrow is t-minus four months, but I’m still six weeks away from my next race. It’s time to get focused. It’s time to sweat away all the excuses and just run.