the sleeping city.

one thing that was so great about mornings in windsor is that the city was barely awake...i know i didn't experience that many mornings, but when i did, there was a calm as i ran through the streets...it was peaceful and inspiring knowing that everybody in the city had a mutual ritual; rest...however, this city of vancouver, that is not the case...this being my first morning, i don't want to jump to conclusions, but i was hoping that the streets would be sleeping at 530 in the morning, but it felt like rush hour...cars wizzing by and the sky train humming, it made my morning trott a little less enjoyable...perhaps i will get used to it, or maybe its just the area, but in the mornings i wanna hear the earth breathing...i yern for the quiet where my soul can leak out of my body, seep into the ground and re-engize itself...that was not the case this morning...it makes me a little sad, like this busy socitey that exists has lost the ability to rest...isn't that how we heal? everybody needs to heal sometime.

last night i hammered out a 8 mile fartlek and it was really great...some tough stretches but i was able to nail down for hard intervals all under 610 miles. i did
1 mile easy
1/2 easy - 1/2 hard
1 easy - 1 hard
1 easy - 1 hard
1/2 easy - 1/2 hard
1 mile cool

i have really been enjoying this type of workout as it is non stop and i try to keep the easy intervals steady...doing full mile intervals is tough in my area because it is impossible not to hit a pretty decent hill...although the first hard 1/2 was pretty fun because it was down hill and i was hitting 520's...i felt like superman, just gliding along the pavement, speeding up my turnover and breathing easy...almost felt invicible...i really want to make boston an experience, i want to make it count...actually i want to make my whole life count and if running has taught me anything, its that you have to devote your whole self into achieving your goals...and my current goal is to live life, enjoy life, make it real and make it full of love...so i am diving in, expecting there to be some mountains to climb and preparing my gear...the sun shines the brightest when your eyes are open, so why walk through life with them closed.

m.