maybe i can..

i had a great run and bike last night. and when i say great i mean that i'm ranking it up there with maybe the best of the summer. on a day when i was supposed to (shhhh!) go easy with some pick ups in order to get ready for racing on sunday, i found myself - along with my new running partner- in the midst of a tempo run. its kind of like those unspoken times when the pace just some how picks up and picks up.. and out of no where you are running. anyway the bottom line is we averaged about 7ish min miles for more than 45 minutes. so for me thats excellent. thats me breaking thru the barriers i have in my mind of how fast i can go and for how long. how much my legs can take and how much my head can stay out of it. i needed this run. i needed to see that i can do this. i can run fast and feel ok and feel strong and not crumble and blow up. and the bike afterwards felt good. strong and smooth. have i said i love my bike lately> its like it was made for me. (ok so they kind of all are since we get them fitted and all) but well... anyway it just gives me some confidence going into the race on sunday that maybe some of the dust is gone and i've cracked into something good.