Transparent Morning
“In Russia,” she says, “We have a word for this kind of day. I don’t know how you say it in English, but it translates ‘transparent morning’.”
And that is what it was. Crisp, clear, cool and full of all the tingling that makes your goose’s bump and your eyes water. A beautiful transparent morning. I think, maybe, just perhaps, I can see straight through to midday.
Well, let us not get carried away. We still have one mean Tuesday workout to push out first. But, you knew that was coming did you not? I mean, Saturday so gloriously easy? Almost too easy? You knew you would pay. And if you did not, can I do your finances?
“Hill repeats,” Rusty says, “And then meet me on the track.”
My group is just me today. So my partner is a real bitch. She pushes me up and over with little cool down and fast transitions. She does not even have the courtesy for small talk or encouragement. She just rolls through the motions wiping out repeats faster than I have ever done them. She even keeps Rusty on his toes. Only for a second, but he did surprise himself at how much he had to pick it up to catch her on the up hill. All business this gal, this partner of mine.
She takes me to the track. The hill repeats are rewarded with two miles straight out. “Don’t push it,” Rusty says, “5:45 pace, nice and steady.” I am not sure when a 5:45 pace was “nice and steady” following a monster hill repeat workout, but that is exactly what happened. 5:43’s flew by like no big deal. OK, neither me nor I enjoyed the freezing cold bolts of water that pounded me in the chest at the 300 meter mark. The track’s sprinklers were locked on spray and stray and definitely made runner’s go out of their way. But hey, it is all good fun when you can get the numbers done.
Done. Like no big deal. OK, you…you girl, you visit every now and then and flash some fancy cards, do you think you could show up on race day? Stop teasing me!
Wait it is as if…… Proper training actually works? Oh yeah. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
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