A Balanced Supper
He knows the way to a Polish girl's heart. A late arrival home. Eighty-five degrees and humid. Sprints and lots of sweat. A follow-up meal of kielbasa, pierogies, and roasted green beans, liberally salted. (The face was a happy bonus.)
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Did I hear "sprints"?
Also, that looks delicious!
I actually thought of you that night, too! Fartlek. Fartlek. :)
And it was delicious. One doesn't even need to be a 1/4 Polish to enjoy it.
You said, "Fartlek." *hee hee
You are SO juvenile. (Fartlek.) ;)
Also, I tried commenting on your blog, but it's full of new-fangled Google-plus nonsense, and I'm a fogie, so I'll comment here, instead, and hope you find it.
I subscribed to your blog a few months ago and have been inspired by your running. Two recent posts I wanted to comment on were the "Keep it simple, stupid" and "Lungs okay? Legs okay?" because as a "non-runner" runner, I gravitate toward those philosophies. At its core, running is the simplest activity, but what little I know of the official running world is sometimes complicated and confusing. I've learned a bit more in the last couple of months (thanks to a Runner's World compilation that John bought for himself), and it's useful, but, mostly, I just need feet and legs. (Lungs are also good to have.)
Yesterday on my "long" run (long for me; not for you), I used your mantra and found it quite useful. It's so much easier to realize that you're just fine when you separate your essentials into two parts, i.e. lungs and legs. Taken as a whole, they can deceive you into believing you're ready to keel over, but when I examined them separately, I discovered things were dandy, and I needed to stop being a wimp. So, thanks! Maybe I'll get there yet!
Boo to Google+. The comment interface is a lot friendlier but I didn't realize people would need a Google account to post comments. Nuts to that, I say! I'm probably going to switch back to the old comments if there isn't a workaround. Google must know they do not own the world!
There are definitely a lot of things about running that can pull your focus away from the essentials and make the whole process seem really overwhelming. (Reminds me of a post I read on this blog, recently. :) I guess we all need reminders of the importance of simplicity at both the macro and the micro levels.)
It's my brain that never believes I can keep going, so if I can distract it by concentrating on the parts that are doing the work, I fare much better. I'm sure you'll get there! Wherever the there is that you want to get to... ;)
So, is John running now, too?
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