Dialed in

Sundays LSR ended up being at the track and wow...did I have a great run. It ended up not being slow...19km in 1:57.

For me that's practically warp speed. It was also a defining moment. It never ever occurred to me that  would ever be able to move that fast, that easily. It also showed me that my 2:30 is totally within my reach...hell for WPS I could easily break 2:20.

I don't even know how I ran that but i suspect I know why. I didn't care about time...at all. I ran with every person from my club at some point, which meant I was running for the love of running not stressed out about my pace. I also ran it on next to no sleep so I have zero idea why my body was able to do it.

I'd like to think that I've gotten stronger and tougher but i honestly think that everything just aligned. Kinda like during my weight routine last week where I couldn't do 5 reps of one particular set...until I just decided i could do 10 reps...and I did.

I'm not giving myself an out for the Hypothermic but I am thinking that if the weather breaks and we don't have fresh snow and the footing clear that 2:30 finish will be mine.

The highlight of Sundays run was running with B...a friend that I've always had to chase and usually watch him sail off into the distance. I ran with him. True it was is slow pace, but we weren't really running that slow...and even if it was slow for him, I didn't feel like it was impossible for me to keep that up. I think that having that holy grail running beside me gave me momentum that allowed me to push through the gut rot and just run.

There were even moments when I'd go to pass people and all it felt like i was doing was downshifting...unlike the usual OMG OMG OMG i can't run this fast even to pass someone for 10 feet. It was brilliant.

I feel like i've reached a new point in my training. It's exciting. I can't wait to see what happens next.