Deco Woman

More from Seance. The thing about being at an event held in a gallery that specializes in art deco is that it’s full of glorious beautiful things. This is the detail on an art bowl.

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So, the extra rest is definitely what needed to happen. I had actual bounce in my step when I headed out today for the run. And clocked consistent 11:30 minute miles.

Yeah.

I was starting to over train.

So between now and Race Day, it’s nothing but sleep, eat, and run. Race Day is 15 days away and I have gotten the message. More sleep. Because I still had my hip yelling a little and my right shin, so swapping out insoles, and hitting both spots with lots of Tiger Balm and foam roller, but mostly, not running hard, just running and less mileage. I’m a week out from taper anyway.

It’s just hard. Because I am competitive and crazy and want to push and run hard and run more and… That’s a huge mistake. Now is the time in training where slow and steady builds what I need. Slow and steady and sleep get me to finish. It’s literally going slow to go fast when I need it.

There are a lot of things that are like this. Sometimes you have to repeat the same phrase in music over and over, slowly, to be able to play it fast and accurately and emotively in performance. Sometimes you have to write one slow paragraph for one fast twenty pages. Sometimes you have to take your time.

Today reminded me of that.

It’s not an easy lesson for me.

Originally published at ANGELA N. HUNT. You can comment here or there.