Week Six - Day Three, Thursday, August 22nd

Much better today than Tuesday. Instead of doing the scheduled short run, I did the medium 5-mile run I was supposed to complete on Tuesday, which didn't work out so well. If total mileage is an important consideration, by swapping the two runs, I figure my total deficit is a manageable two miles.

Today's run was straight up OFR to just below Whitty Road, made a U-turn, and then went down Lilac back up to Mapletree. Nice and simple. Had two forced breaks, less than a minute each, at OFR and Bey Lea, which was a better idea than playing Frogger. Just about made the whole way, a first at that distance, and pushed it a little bit to get up the hill on Lilac to Mapletree.

Some observations on the non-running public:

• Folks making right turns onto major roads invariably do not look to their right, either for pedestrians on sidewalks or people like me running against traffic on the shoulder. My second interesting action with a motorist in two weeks.
• People making left turns turn into the far lane of traffic of the road they are entering, then have to over correct to stay in the lane that they're going into.
• Saw more than one person on a bicycle reading their email or something on their cell phone.

I'm also finding that I shouldn't train for a marathon and work a bunch of night shifts at the same time. My days are all screwed up when I sleep the next day normally, and really affects my running if I have to do that in the same 24-hour period.

Tonight's run. And again, no Pep-talker.