New Day

Today I did something completely different with my long run....going back to how I trained last year. I decided that I'm just going to increase my time spent running each week, and not worry about milage. I also didn't worry about waking up at the crack of dawn, stressing over the possibility of heat, killing myself on concrete because its too dark to run in the street or too early to head to the trails.
I headed up to Town Lake arriving just before seven, just as it was light enough to start running, seems a bunch of other people had the same idea. I took off, wondering if I could find a way to get to the greenbelt, after a few attempts and hitting the Zilker Loop-another new path for me-I finally made my way into the greenbelt, I got off the main trail a few times hitting the bike trails which are a little tougher. I crossed over some of the empty creek beds, wondering if I would get to trample through water in them one day (that would be fun). It was amazing as the sun came up over the trees with no buildings or highways on the horizon. I wanted to write runners world and tell them that I found the place for next months rave run. I spent about an hour and a half on the trail before hitting town lake again. Everyone and their mother and their dog was on town lake. It was a weaving war out there. I hit auditorium shores at two and a half hours and decided to stop there. Next Saturday I'm going for two fifty five to three ten and the following week three thirty, then I'll start the taper. I'm constantly being reminded how fun running is. Oh, and I started this run with some Luna gummies-good stuff- and a shot of kaopectate (no stomach troubles this time, even with the intense core workout that trail running provides). Ready to run-LearJet