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Warning - this post made perfect sense when I wrote it in my head on my run!

Today was one of those thoughtful runs. It wasn't pretty or fast or anything like that but I was thinking a lot.

I started out .... then walked to take my jacket off, trotted then walked and stopped to cross the road (wasn't bother by any of this) and carried on. It was now my mind started to wander.

My legs .... from waist to toes were, at first, muttering and then shouting! "Stop you fool!" It took a good 1.5-2m for them to give in! My heart and lungs on the other hand were saying "well come on, get on with it!" and mind was saying "come on to the next tree then you can walk!"

You see as runners we expect a whole lot of our body to work together to achieve what we want, yet it's only when we get injured that we really notice things!

As I ran along I had this image in my head ... it was a cartoon race. I was lined up at the start and the gun went. Head went charging off whilst heart and lungs gently warmed up and legs stayed at the line! Soon heart and lungs stopped to pull legs along whilst head remained in front. Then finally the 3 body parts finally came together and crossed the finish as a team!

Now if I can get the 3 to work as a team from the start we're be getting somewhere!

For the recored - 45mins and 3.6m.

Comments

womble said…
That is a brilliant picture, Pix, and I know exactly what you mean!
11:31 PM, May 18, 2006
WildWill said…
Pix

Thats a great analagy - i feel like that most the time - it can take me miles for me (as a whole) to get into the run


I think that why i feel i have most my best Runs off the back ofa TRI, as imalread VERY warmed up
9:24 AM, May 19, 2006
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