I've decided I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon. Why? Because I need to challenge myself. Not the challenge of running a qualifying time - something I could probably do right now...but the challenge of confronting something I'm not wholly comfortable with: patience.
Over the past year my patience and ability to slow down and savor life has really waned, something that has reflected itself in my running. I use to race ultra-marathons! Events that would take 6-12 hours to complete! And yet now I grow restless and antsy after 20 minutes of running...I run 5ks because I can't tolerate doing anything longer!
I think training and qualifying for Boston will be an excellent mental exercise that'll teach me to focus and slooooowwwww dooowwnnn.... It's not about the destination - this is entirely about the journey :)
What this means though is I need to start running regularly again and get my mileage back up! So this morning I woke up and took my morning run just down the road to the Brighton Ski Area about a mile from where we were staying. Dry ski areas' - in my experience - make for awesome running and I highly recommend giving it a try if the opportunity presents itself!
Now it turns out the Brighton Ski Area doubles as a golf course in the off-season which made for some whimsical albeit very runnable terrain!
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| Welcome to Brighton Ski Resort Golf Mountain! |
The run was AMAZING! It was a really cool mix of paved, golf cart road, rolling hard-packed trail, and a lot of that aesthetic terrain-decor' that golf courses are known for :)
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| Obligatory Michigan Selfie' |
Shortly after my run and breakfast, Zach, Shannon, and I all checked-out of the hotel and hit road to finish the drive to Grand Rapids - about 1.5 hour away.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
After arriving in Grand Rapids and checking into our hotel we decided it was appropriate to go have a margarita for Cinco de Mayo!
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| Happy Cinco de Mayo! |
Before calling it a day, while driving back from the restaurant I noticed our retail-partner for this weekend - Gazelle Sports - had a store less than half a mile from where we were staying! So after a short nap I decided to walk over there and do some exploring :) No pictures...but a beautiful store and the staff I interacted with were very kind.
Tomorrow we have an event with Gazelle Sports at a local middle school in the evening. As long as the weather cooperates (its' been raining) it should be a wonderful time!
Until tomorrow :)
#RunHappy
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