3rd gate greeting

I'm posting this late...but the date is right. Wednesday there was a break in the storm. I took full advantage of it despite my fleamy cold. I ran in the misty fog to the third gate and back. Which is almost 10 miles.

This is the problem I have with waiting to long to write about the run...I have forgotten the details. I don't recall exactly what my muscles felt like in the 2nd mile, the 5th mile or even the 9th mile.

I just know that I did it without stopping.

I also discovered the reason why I don't like going up hills.

It makes my heart beat faster. It occurred to me that if my heart beats faster, I get tired quicker.

"Now, Kathy"- you say..."Don't be stupid! Everybody knows that."

Yes, I understand my ability to state the obvious here. However, the entire situation can be explained by a little thing called supply and demand.

My muscles are suddenly demanding a greater supply of oxygen and my lungs are doing their best to deliver. The more I run, the more efficient my lungs get at producing the supply.
It's like your kids...your bug them and bug them to do something...eventually they get tired of fighting you and just do what they are told. Except training my body to do what I ask is easier than training my kids! Ha!

I do have a small tidbit of interest for you. Something that doesn't usually happen while I'm out running...in fact, has NEVER happened before.
An old lady decided to run with me.
Just as I was crossing the intersection at the 2nd stop sign (on the way to the gate) I passed this woman coming from the other way. I gave my usual greeting "good morning" and continued on.
But just under the sound of my music (Sarah McLachlin) I heard the lady's soft voice.
I turned around and clicked off my ipod. She had almost caught up to me by the top of the hill.
We ran together for a few minutes talking about where we were in our running worlds. She has already run marathons and is now running about 7 mile routes just "to keep out there".
She warned me not to push myself to hard, because knee injuries are what I'll end up with. I thanked her and we parted at the bottom on Secret Lake Trail.

I finished the route feeling good about another day of running.