Today's Run With the Scouts 5k at Mountain's Edge was one of those out-of-body experiences that every runner dreams of. Normally it's not a good idea to have a hard trail run at Red Rock the night before a race and expect good results the next day. But now I'm a firm believer that with Chi Running anything is possible.
With more than 100 runners in the race I started slow (I thought it was slow) on the uphill out-and-back course. But with the Chi Running techniques I've learned, right after the start I began to pass runners like they were standing still. It felt so easy but the results were at first incomprehensible. I finished 14th overall (out of 115 runners) and easily won my age group in 23:43. That's 7:38 per mile.
This improvement is partially related to a heavy racing schedule that has seen me in competition 6 of the last 7 weeks and my Lewis & Clark Abstinence Reenactment. But by adding a few Zen principles I've become one of the top runners in my age group in Las Vegas!
1 comment:
Too bad this chi technique wasnt around back in my running days,Sully and Meagan would have been doomed.Top dog in your age group is great until the next race,then you have to prove it all over again.
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