Long Run Sunday: Poetry in Motion

I present to you a review of our Long Run Sunday... in Haiku form. ~Jen

Refuel

I woke up early

from dreaming about pancakes

but first, long run day

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Feelings about running in the cold

My soul is quite well

my fingertips, toes, and face

however, are numb

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Cure for Insomnia

You run stronger, then

you run faster and farther

sleep like a baby

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Recovery

Stretch here and stretch more

eat, drink, hot shower, ice packs

BIIIIIIIIG smile on your face

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You are driving a 2,000 pound car. You win.

Hey, scoot over! (please)

LITERALLY no one else

even on these roads

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Rhythm

No music today

except the constant chatter

and laughter of friends

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Doing the hard thing

Talked about hard things

commitment, trust, marriage, friends

(don't mention running)

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Dusty country road

high hills, high winds, lots of sweat

Finish strong- pancakes

Hey, you're on the "Crazy" running chicks blog. We never promised to think so highly of ourselves that we can't be silly. If you can't have all kinds of crazy fun when you're out on a long run day, why the HECK are you doing it?

True story: you can't trust Jen to do mileage math. Becky goes, "So what do you think, three more minutes on this road and then turn back?" Jen says,  "Well, we're on 107th so if we just finish this out, and turn left to 110th, that's just three miles. Right?"

But Becky and Kathy and I fail to mention that turning OFF of 107th is still another 2 miles head.... and 2 miles BACK from that! So essentially, we ended up doing one looooong square that ended up being, oh, half a marathon. :)

Fortunately, my friends love me anyway and didn't beat me up too badly when our Garmins hit the 11 mile mark and we were still about 2 miles from my house.

Happy Running my friends!

Jen