dismal gone rye

mother nature thinks she's got us. she decides that we are going to have these so called "seasons" and thinks that she is going to hold us captive to the elements. i like to rebel. occasionally. i think my boy James pearson (other ckc finalist) would agree...you can take a look at his blog pic...nice getup..lol. Moving right along...my point is that the duldrums of winter come swooping into our area and it is very easy for us to curl up in a blanky and stay nice and toasty and look out the window and thank the lord that you dont have to go out for anything. that is easy. oh so temptingly easy. i had a short little discussion with my friend Dupric (as i like to call him). he asked me about my training day and what i was going to be doing...this was last friday. i responded with my famed answer..."a brick...scotty a brick"...(note: i do LOTs and LOTS AND LOTS of indoor bricks...like almost daily in one form of another....always usually inside on trainer and treadmill.) (note 2: painfully boring) (explanation 1: i train inside because i think you can really focus in on the task at hand...and living in the city cluster--its just plain safe....and you can check out the hottie that is running half as slow as you are on the treadmill next to you.) Moving right along...back to "scotty...a brick...thats what i do scott...bricks!" he proceeded to go off on a rampage about how i need to do something else and how i need to hit the trails (um id like you to find me a "trail" by where i live...haha) and how i need to buy a mountain bike and i need to go do something different or i am going to go crazy. (note 19: he's a pro...so i secretly listen) (note 20: i always get in at LEAST 2 workouts each week outside somewhere... so im not THAT much of a hermit.) with all this said...i got my rear to central park yesterday to do my long run. I used to live just blocks from the park and would frequent it daily. i LOVE CP. to me-there is no place in the world other than a race itself with better energy. i got to the park in the afternoon and started moving around the outer loop and realized how totally peaceful and enjoyable and exciting the whole thing was...it sounds retarded but its like you are in this little place in the middle of the massive city and there were SOOO many people out running and biking in the middle of the afternoon! it was crazy! it made me realize that i really need to get back out to the park more often. granted...mother nature blessed us with frigid temps and air force winds that made my fingers want to bleed and my contacts to freeze in my eyes...but i was smiling huge and i couldn't believe how fast the 10 miles went. and although there weren't any hotties on the "treadmill next to me"....there CERTAINLY was some awesome talent out there running amok!) totally enjoyable. I guess my whole long point is that even if its gross out...even if its cold and dismal...rebel. do what you love and you will get even more satisfaction. you will think to yourself..."my competition isn't doing this..." (even though they probably are and thats WHY they are your competition.) If you dress nice and warm and bundle up you will feel empowered and SOOO much better that you just went out and did it....and earned your chicken soup and hot chocolate.
i will still continue to train inside but i am certainly going to make an effort to get back into the CPark 1-2x per week and share in the great energy. Nothing's gonna stop us.