Runners are always working towards their next personal best (PB), and I am no different. If you were to look at my running schedule for 2010, you would notice that it is peppered with half marathons. The ultimate goal? That coveted PB.
See, my current half PB rests with my first half marathon... Red Deer, May 2007. What's amazing to me is that this has become the time to beat, a run that was completed with very little running knowledge, and 'in proper' training. I was just running to run. (Maybe there is something I could learn from this first experience.)
The past two weeks, I have been running my long runs with a good friend in Red Deer. During both of these runs, I have had the pleasure of crossing the path of at least one moose. I have lived in Alberta most of my life, and I can only recall seeing maybe four moose during this time... but to now to see three, in a matter of two weeks, in the booming metropolis of Red Deer, both times during my long run... that's pretty amazing to me. It's got to be a sign, I'm sure of it!
The way I see it, the moose must be the mystical creature of delivering running personal bests. To see a moose during a run, it's an absolute given that you will achieve a PB in the near future. And I've seen three! This is going to be a great year :)
By the way, I will be running Red Deer again this May, and I have my eye set on the prize, the first (of at least three) PB of 2010.
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