Monday August 15, 2005
Now that I've re-read for the 5th, 6th or 7th time (I don't know exactly how many) East of Eden. I'm reading the journal John Steinbeck kept while he was writing the novel. A collection of daily musings to his editor and publisher. He compared it to his way of a pitcher warming up before a game. So each day as he sat down at his desk in New York to write about the Salinas Valley in California he would pencil a few paragraphs about the book, his life, wife, kids and what ever else was going on in 1951.
Today marks 6 weeks of alcohol freedom as I proceed on this Lewis & Clark abstinence reenactment. Friday night the evil voice inside my head was saying "Beer me." But as in East of Eden good prevailed over evil and I kept my string intact.
Today it's cool and humid if you can believe that. Only 71 degrees but 46% humidity as I took my morning run at Sunset Park. The 7-mile workout started out slow with a 10:44 mile but by the time I finished I was running 9-minute miles. Which makes that 6:59 mile last week even more amazing.
My next big test is Saturday's 10k run. That's a tough distance and I've always found them difficult. Well time to leave this journal and get back and see what my buddy JS is doing in 1951.
1 comment:
For a 10K race the best advice is to go out easy then slow down.That will get you to the finish line but probably with no award.Better still,try to maintain an eight minute pace.Thats respectable as you will need some speed runs before the marathon.Good Luck
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