A misty niqab
Shrouds a summer crescent moon,
Cool breeze unravels.
(About 12k, 10k jog, 2k walk)
Due in part to sickness, summer heat, and an (un)healthy doses of laziness, tonight was my first run in about a month. I took my regular back-from-work course with some slight modifications. At first, the pace was slow, partly because I was out of shape, but also because the day had been hot. The original plan was to run this morning, but since I had to bring my son to the hospital before going to the day-care center, I changed my plans.
But by the time I got to the riverside, I was feeling better, and once up on the dike after ducking below a bridge, I ran the next 5-6 or so at a good pace. But afterwards, my recent lack of sustained stamina exercise got the better of me, and I had to walk the last 2k or so.
Some defeats don't feel like such, and this was true of tonight's. Since I haven't run in a month, I feel that doing a solid 10k in tonight muggy environment is nothing to be shy of, even if I couldn't (wouldn't?) run the last 2. My goal is to finish the December Sanjurokumine race in under 4 hours, and as a first training, there is nothing to be ashamed of. As with climbing high peaks, the first step is as important as the last one.
