These Running Days


I'm trying to bump up my mileage and finding that I need to tap into the rhythm inherent in everything in order to get from here (the low-mileage state) to there (the higher-mileage state). So my last six weeks have progressed in this order: high / higher / lower / high / higher / lower, with this past week being a "lower." But "lower" isn't a pejorative term. The pulled-back week included a 10K race and a couple of early morning neighborhood runs

Along with working on increasing my mileage, I've been trying to incorporate some Chi Running techniques into my form. My friend L is completing the rigorous process of becoming a Chi Running instructor, and as part of her training she has to do some student teaching. A couple of us were the lucky recipients of her mandatory knowledge-sharing and spent a full morning doing some exercises and learning techniques that may help us run faster and avoid injury. No down side there!
This morning I ran down to the Berkeley bayshore. The forecast had told me it would be raining, but it wasn't. For some reason, this morning's segment of the up-and-down felt toward the down side--legs dead, brain full of cotton--but the magic running fairy lifted me up a bit before I got home.

Still feeling a bit muzzy, really, but haven't slipped so far down the slide that I can't appreciate the gift of this day. Bring on the rain. I know sun won't be far behind. In the meantime, click on the above photo to see the Golden Gate under a glowering dawn.
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Chi running sounds interesting, too.