Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it
-Sir Isaac Newton: Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis
Lumpy translates this into running in the form of “do not stop!” No, really, don’t stop. Sure, walk through water/food breaks. Walk through intersections. (Okay, sometimes yo have to stop at the intersection–rather than “jogging” in place and looking like twit of the year) But in general, don’t stop. Stay in motion.
I took a new route for my 13 miles today. At mile 8ish I decided to stop, sit down at the north side of Cedar Lake, and take in the view. I had a moment of feclempt. My body said keep going. My mind said, enjoy the view, it’ll be alright.
Thustly, Newton’s First Law of Motion. An outside force–my mind–acted upon a body in motion–my body. Needless to say, getting back into the groove for the last 5 was a scoshi difficult. The 15MPH headwind didn’t help either.
I defeted myself at mile 12.5…but manage to at least run the last .3 miles and finish at the Elf Door.
Wait wait…there’s more…
So, I said that after my run I would take The Tardis (my fancy bike) and meet Sally to carry her water/food for the finish. WTF! WTF was I thinking.
Actually, it was a nice little challenge for myself. Lumpy’s owe little Duathlon — minus the thrid leg. I biked out and met Sally at about 6 miles from the finish. So I ran 13..walk/ran another 1.5 to get home (there’s the thrid leg!)..cycled 14 out and back with Sally.
I guess I shouldn’t be complaining.
Oh, hey, and we had homemade tempura!!! Not quite “resturant grade” … but well, it was yummy and THANKS LARRY!!!
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