What do you have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend? I'm thankful for the beautiful, sunny, crisp fall day that was bestowed upon us here in the lower mainland. It was a day made for running....so I had to make the most of it. Today I ran from Brookbank Street in North Vancouer, across the Second Narrows, along the harbourside in Vancouver heading downtown, around the seawall, across the Lion's Gate Bridge, and back through North Van to my car. I ran a total of 37km!! Yeah!!!
That is the longest run I've done since Boston, and the second longest since my marathon in Haida Gwaii last August (14 months ago). I'm feeling good. Great in fact. Better, stronger and more confident than I've felt running, maybe ever. That said, I retain my humility and acknowledge my vulnerability - at my age an injury can happen at any moment. I fully appreciate how lucky I am to be able to run as I do.
The one problem I'm having is that I have a new model of Mizuno shoes, as my previous ones were heavier and heavy duty on the control. My feet slide around in my new shoes and I may have bruised my toenails today. (incidentally, bouvier also has a toenail problem, which has cost me about $800.00 so far!) Mizuno decided last year to give into the expanding US market and widen their shoes, so they're just too wide for me. I've tried Asics (got injured) and Nike (got injured) recently. Mizuno seems best, except for this width thing, which really sucks, so, looks like I'll have to head to the running store tomorrow for a trying on shoes session.
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