there is a big picture

hi blogmates,

i ran for 57 minutes at an easy pace on the denton rail trail w dianne today. it was about 70 degrees and low humidity. reading about the winter solstice, yule logs and other dark, cold winter traditions makes me think christmas time in texas ain't so bad.

while i was running along one of the random thoughts i remebered was: nothing is ever going to be as good as it used to be. this is both the good news and bad news.

something else i noticed while running along was how disappointed in myself i am that i have been feeling so disappointed in my performance at the white rock half. i just didn't realize how committed i was to running it in two hours or how the the mistakes i made during the race would affect me in such a negative way. it's corny but true: i have learned a more by processing the mistakes and the accompanying feelings from this race than from the successes of other races. one change will be to run for time and intensity, as measured by heart rate and amount of time per workout, not distance and pace. i'm also giving my garmin to dianne and using my reliable timex ironman watch and my hr monitor. there is more i could say about the other changes, but they are not as concrete as giving away garmin so i'll talk about them another time.

try to remember that when all the crazy relatives and family gather for the holidays, you're one of them.

relax. take a breath. there is a big picture.

happy holidays.

have fun running.