market corrections

after really humming the last few weeks with increased mileage, long runs, and workouts, and less and less duds today i was treated to a solid helping of humble pie. it's a lesson of reality, that running shows so well as one its features in that the higher we climb the mountain, the more exacting of its imposed requisite standards it enacts weather we realize it, choose to follow it, or try and go about it our "own" way. generally this concept makes sense but every so often we get caught off guard, typically from our ego blinders as we get swept up in our improvement and loose sight of the bigger picture that this running is a gift, and that the higher the views are not accessible any old way - otherwise they wouldn't be special. Now, with wisdom we can work these "market corrections" into our training, in our way to go along with this reality. This is done by the more experienced and mature runners that allow the recovery runs, the rest days, the increased sleep that is needed, the disciplined diet that also must occur, and the stair stepped down weeks. Otherwise - running will take its toll on us in the form of discouraging duds  - but, when they come, realizing we may need to look our self in the mirror so to speak, can be part of the growth in the formation of becoming a better runner. These thoughts were brought to you by the 5.75 mile run i just had at 8:38 pace. for context, please visit my strava page. Daniel Eggers Strava