Today was a tempo training run - a fast pace that takes a certain amount of concentration to hold. Not an all out effort but still you're working fairly hard. I love tempo runs. I also love the long, slow run. Different and similar reasons for both. The long run allows me to relax and enjoy the scenery, talk with fellow runners and allow my mind to wander. I have had some of my favor poems magically appear in my mind on these runs - if I'm lucky they stay with me until I can write them down. These are incredibly enjoyable runs.
The tempo run is about concentration. The pace isn't so bad that I can't talk - but a conversation would take the mental edge I'm looking for away. This run is all about motion and with a concentrated mind the pace allows me to become part of the scenery - I run with my surroundings, dissolving into the pureness of nature, motion and effort. It's meditation in its finest form.
All runs offer something.
We just need to find the grace of their
offerings.
Peace,
Eric
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