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through the neighborhood and up the crescent trail

June 21, 2011 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 90, sunny

Comments:
my mind is suddenly so crazy and my body so anxious...a run seemed like the perfect solution. i let myself go down the first downhill. i was thinking so hard, i had so much going on in my head, that it was as if i was hardly thinking at all. i let myself fall forward down the next hill.
i realized that my body would regret this pace later (as i haven't been running enough yet) so i steadied down - not that that made my any more comfortable.
my body told me this was the first of the miserably hot summer days, but i seeing the butterflies flutter in the lush green foliage... the back of my throat was dry, but at the same time enjoying the hot humid air...my stomach was empty since i hadn't eaten since noon, but at the same time enjoying the emptiness...every signal my body gave me contradicted itself with another signal. looking back, i guess that makes sense with the confusing mess in my head - every boost came with a blow at my confidence, every excitement came with sudden dull frustration....but by the time i'd turned around to come home, i'd decided it was hot but not yet unbearably hot, i was tired but not exhausted....

should start paying attention to pacing: my next run shouldn't be so long. the beginning and ends of my runs are too fast.