This mornings run was good. It had been so long since I'd been to the park i got a little lost on the way there but luckily made it just a minute after 7. I felt pretty tight today cause of yesterday's workout. I had a few areas that were really tender. My right foot and hip have been this way, but luckily I'll have time to ice and stretch tonight. Hopefully some yoga will help.
Today we ran at north Bloomington hills park. We started the run by running the usual racing course. While we were running it I tried to visualize running the upcoming time trial. I think that helped me focus on how I want perform a little more. I'm really nervous for it because I'd like to do really well but at the same time I'm really excited to get to run it. My goal is to run it with our top guys for as long as I can. I know Carson Julian Alex and all of them have a really quick two mile time so hopefully staying with them will help me a lot. I am going to keep working hard these next few weeks so I can run my best at the time trial. After running the course, we got onto the river trail. I'd never done it before but it was a lot of fun. Miley almost lost his shirt, we kicked a ball for about a mile, and had some quality golf water. It was nice to have a more loose run after yesterday being so intense.
After I ran, i read some more from running and philosophy. It talked about happiness and defined it as becoming fulfilled through striving for good. It then explained that running does this by helping us strive for improvement, developing good relationships with our teammates, and helping others through charity events and other similar activities. I can say that I've found a lot of fulfillment with my team over the past year of running with them through each of these things. I'm sure this year is going to bring several similar and great experiences helping myself and others reach for that fulfillment. I can't wait to see how this season goes.
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