Today was, as a captain I once worked for would say, "a BEEEYOOUUTiful day" for running. Relatively low humidity - in the 50s - and temperatures in the upper 60s. A bit windy though, and it always seemed (as I'm sure is the case with most runners when they're working at it) to be blowing in my face, no matter the direction I was running.
I got outside later than I had planned, which wasn't altogether a bad thing, since intellicast.com says the humidity was steadily falling during the day today. My original thought was to be out around six or seven this morning. Sleep seemed like a much better idea, considering I got home last night from Newark around 10 after working a 24-hour shift, and then picking up my son at the in-laws.
Today's route incorporated the first part of this past Saturday's long run, down and around Walnut Street, then up OFR to Chestnut, and off into side streets there, then back home. I took one break, about two minutes, at the forty-minute mark. I have to keep reminding myself that short breaks are not bad, but it's hard when you look at your mileage and see that you had a little more than three-quarters of a mile to go. Still, it allowed me to finish strong.
The Nike Pep-talker is back, though I was a little disappointed in that it was Tim Tebow, who was impressed with the way I got out there to grind it, and because of that, might let me hold his Heisman Trophy. I'm not sure that I would want to.
Today's run.
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