Training motivation...

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The scene? A wooded trail near my house. The sun is yawning and getting ready to get back to sleep. The sky is awash in lovely deep purple and pink hues. Am I out taking photos? Nope. I'm nearing the end to my routine run. My lungs and legs are burning like a match.

Better make that a match doused in gasoline.

After intermittent winter training and the indoor doldrums on my treadmill, I've finally gotten to stretching my legs outside. Especially in the past few weeks with the sunny breaks we have gotten. It feels pretty great to be outside. The air is so crisp and fresh.

There's an outdoor park information board I use to lean on for balance while I'm stretching. It's near the end of the trail, just where I start to run out of steam.

This time I noticed there was a white paper stapled onto the board. I stood there stretching and wiping the sweat from my eyes. My eyes focused on the posting. I started to read out loud the big bold font:

"WARNING TO PARK USERS : COUGAR ATTACKS..."

I paused reading in mid sentence. I shruged. Well...at least it's more motivation for me to run faster. I looked around. The park trails were completely empty and it seemed like the entire park was silent.

Sure enough, I started running again. Who needs personal trainers for motivation?

Heh.

Posted by Dave at May 29, 2002 11:58 PM