Thinking of Michael Phelps

That was a hard 8 km run this morning.  I ran with Baci around Cedervale.  Started with listening to a Podcast but realize pretty early on that I needed music.  My legs felt slow and heavy today.  Baci stopping constantly to sniff or pee did not help matters.

At about 2 km I felt that I needed to pee. I was slightly envious that Baci could pee everywhere and anywhere as I felt the pressure building in my bladder.  Now my legs felt heavy as did my torso.

I started to envision ducking into the thick brush to relieve myself but then worried about school children (outside playing) seeing me.  I was running so slowly, way slower than my 5'40.  I was averaging 6'54.  Crazy!!

I remember Michael Phelps sometimes trained in the pitch dark in case he was to lose a contact in competition.  I saw this as a test of my strength of endurance and tried to make it a good learning experience.

I made a mind shift around 5 km to just relax and enjoy being outside and forget my pace, the time, or my discomfort. 

The sky was so blue, leaves so green.  I love this time of year.  I also saw a large yellow butterfly in the park.

Near home the port-a-potties started taunting me:

I would not stop!!!  Too close to home!!!

Got home finally and had my well deserved pee!