Runner's High

It's amazing how quickly a few rough training days can be reversed by one great session. Yesterday my brother and I went out for a bike ride. He just started riding about a month ago and has an old school Peugot bike. Since he played lacrosse in college he has the legs to last for a good amount of time and can handle hills very well, but still has to work on keeping it going once getting over the top of a hill. Since he has an old bike and it doesn't have as many gears as mine does he can't crank the speed up on downhills or flats as well as his legs can handle, so I had to go a little slower at times. But the route we went on was fairly hilly, with a couple big ones and I definitely gave my legs a great workout. When we got back, he decided he wanted to try and go for a run to test himself. So we laced up the running shoes and went out for 1.5 miles. I was shocked at how well both of us ran! I was shocked that he wanted to run at all! He hates running and thinks triathletes are crazy. But we kept up around a 7:42 minute pace the whole time, and our legs felt great! I personally haven't run that fast in a long time. In fact, two days ago, as I posted, I ran a horrible 5k and was around a 9:00 minute pace, so even though yesterday's run was only 1.5 miles, I ran it very fast and after riding for just over an hour. I felt so great that 20 minutes after we finished the run I went and played tennis for an hour! My legs still felt great and I was hitting the ball extremely well. I've had runner's high before, but haven't felt it since last fall and I forgot how awesome it is! I felt invincible...like I could do an Ironman! Well…maybe not.