Having a nimble brain.

It is always a good thing....
http://www.runnersworld.com/sports-psychology/strong-minded


The nonagenarian athlete brain:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/uoia-tna081715.php

Quote of the day

 
     "It's not so much that I began to run, but that I continued."
                                                    Hal Higdon

     Great quote.  I need the motivation.  Today will be run streak day 369.  I'm registered for the Highlands Ranch half marathon.  I haven't run a race in quite a while and I am nervous, but if things don't go well, I'll just treat it as a training run.  I need a race right about now, though, to judge where I'm at in my training.
     Have a great Labor Day everyone.

Update:
     It was a great race....small, but well organized.  There was 642 feet of elevation gain balanced by 1432 feet of elevation loss.  The last two miles were all up-hill, however.  I only remember the elevation gain!  Time 2:36:39 per my garmin (11:59 pace).  Race results are not yet posted for this year.  I felt okay until mile 10 or so, when "the hill" started.  On the plus side, I ran all the hills.

"And that is my new thought for this new day."

     I can get better.

AGE BRINGS PROBLEMS; IT ALSO BRINGS SOLUTIONS "I can't remember names. I can't run as fast. My joints are stiffer. But if I cannot stay young, I can stay fresh. If I cannot get younger, I can get better. Age brings problems; it also brings solutions. For every disadvantage there is an advantage. For every measurable loss, there is an immeasurable gain. And that is my new thought for this new day." George Sheehan, Personal Best: The Foremost Philosopher of Fitness Shares Techniques and Tactics for Success and Self-Liberation

RSD 366

     Run streak day 366, humid, difficult....but look what I got to come home to!  What a nice reward.  Sorry the 2nd picture is of poor quality taken through a screen door, but I knew they would run if I opened the door and disturbed them.  I let them eat my flowers in peace. Winter is coming and they need the energy.
   

It's official

     I am a streaker and this is my streakiversary.  I have run a minimum of one mile a day for 365 days....some on the treadmill, but most outside with Charleigh.  It has been great discipline for both of us.  (It looks like I need to order more GU--lol)  Total run streak miles for 365 days=2068.6.

     This is my first attempt at taking a selfie.  I suck at it.  Sorry. But it does show where we do many of our runs when the scary coyote and winter ice don't keep us away.

     Now to continue onward.  The question of the day has become when I will run rather than if I will run.  I'm not getting faster, but we are increasing our tenacity and "doggedness!" (Hah)


     That was one of my New Year's Resolutions met.  I am working on another to run 2015 miles in calendar year 2015.  I am on track to get 'er done.  Today I completed 1500.

Big crash

     Big crash from the kitchen just now.  I found my bowl of broccoli knocked into the sink and Charleigh slinking around the corner with my piece of frozen pizza in her mouth.  I pried it away from her,  heated it up and ate it anyway!  Darn dog.
     Since we share a water bottle on runs, I'm immune from her dog germs.

PS  I think she was mad at me for yelling at her and for not sharing the pizza.  She slept downstairs on the couch all night.

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

     This is a beautiful sentiment, but unfortunately, I will be mowing my lawn today.