Omiš via Ferrata

Systems Check

This Place: Slaps

Lake Bled + Blejski Grad

Berlin Marathon

Redmond -> Seattle point to point this time. High-fived Renee at the midpoint as she ran 22mi Seattle -> Redmond!

Cheetah shoes work! First major run in them and they felt ridiculously good. No hot spots, no rubbing. They are soo light and (obviously) bouncy. Starting in them had my lower legs feeling a little strained, but I eased into them nicely and felt great basically the whole run today. 

I changed several variables this week from last week, let’s analyze:
1. The shoes - duh, big advantage. I friggin love these things
2. Almost doubled carb intake. Was doing a gel/5mi ish, this time a gel per 3mi. Felt strong the whole time, and mentally just thinking about the run in 3mi increments worked really well for keeping the pace up.
3. 10-15*F cooler plus cloud cover. Nuff said
4. Music in the ears the whole time - no book. This works to motivate me way better I think, but there’s still a place for book, just not when I’m trying to go fast.

The whole last week I’ve been nervous about my body falling apart right as I’m getting so close to being done. But today I just leaned in and trusted my body and am so happy with this. 

This might be my most proud pure running outing… ever? Sub-5 mile probably still beats it, but this was close. I’m on a high now.

Now to reunite with the lady and get some fooooood.

Photos: “Renee asks Rudy to chase stick into water: a graphic short story”

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