Week 10
Kind of an easy week for the most part.
Tuesday was 7 miles, the top of my foot hurt a bit but I think I'm just tying my shoes too tight.
Wednesday, about noon, a serious cold front hit. By the time we got home, the temp was about 28. Even worse, the wind was blowing about 15 - 20 MPH. I bundled up as best I could but couldn't find my beenie. That's not surprising since I haven't worn it in about 10 years. I think it's with my ski clothes which are in a box buring in the garage somewhere. Anyway, all I had on my head was my running cap. The first two miles I always run around the football statium at the high school by my house. The back side of the stadium is a practice field. Not only is it surrounded by nothing but farmland, it's kind of up higher than the surrounding countryside. That wind felt like it was cutting into me, I was freezing from the tip of my toes to the top of my head. I ran the two miles around the stadium and bagged it, deciding not to take a chance on getting sick.
Thursday it was still cold as hell so I decided to skip Thursday and just do my Thursday miles on Friday. Friday the temp was up in the 40s and the wind had died down. I also found a beenie at Bealls for $10 which really helped. I did an easy 7 miles.
Saturday I had to work in the morning. We put in some new power equipment and I had to migrate all my servers to it. I spent from 8 AM till around 1 PM crawling around on the floor, moving equipment and basically working my ass off. I had to do 6 miles so, since I was downtown already, I decided to go do them on the Austin Hike and Bike trail. A guy I work with had been bugging me to go try it out but I just hate dealing with the logistics of running any place but from home or the gym. The weather was perfect, in the high 60s and clear but I was dog tired from all the morning's labor. I thought a nice run would perk me up but it was pretty tough. The trail is nice, pretty well maintained with only a few pot holes and gullies and it runs right along Town Lake. There were tons of people out and it was nice to see humans instead of cows as is my usual scenery. Anyway, I made somewhere around 6 miles but I was sure ready to stop. I left there and drove straight up to Round Rock for my daughter-in-law's daughters birthday. She is 6 and it was at Gatti Land. A good time was had by all but when the party stopped and they hit the games, I hit the road.
Sunday was 9 miles. I slept till almost 8, very unusual for me. I finally dragged myself out of bed but I felt like hammered horse shit. I was going to postpone running for a bit but it sure is nice to get it out of the way so I just sucked it up, put on my stuff, grabbed a bottle of Gatorade and hit the road. It was rough getting started, I sometimes feel like someone cut off my feet and I'm trying to run on stumps (I call myself Stumpy the Clown at these times) and Stumpy was in full force this morning. However, after a mile or so, Stumpy started to recede a bit and I felt better and started running easier. It was a beautiful morning, somewhere in the 40s with only a slight wind and partly cloudy. The sun was up and everything just felt fresh and alive. These are the kind of days we runners live for, when everything just feels good. Anyway, toward the end Stumpy was re-emerging but I still managed to finish the 9 miles.
The wife and I went to see Harry Potter later in the afternoon. I thought it was far and away the best of the 4.
Tuesday was 7 miles, the top of my foot hurt a bit but I think I'm just tying my shoes too tight.
Wednesday, about noon, a serious cold front hit. By the time we got home, the temp was about 28. Even worse, the wind was blowing about 15 - 20 MPH. I bundled up as best I could but couldn't find my beenie. That's not surprising since I haven't worn it in about 10 years. I think it's with my ski clothes which are in a box buring in the garage somewhere. Anyway, all I had on my head was my running cap. The first two miles I always run around the football statium at the high school by my house. The back side of the stadium is a practice field. Not only is it surrounded by nothing but farmland, it's kind of up higher than the surrounding countryside. That wind felt like it was cutting into me, I was freezing from the tip of my toes to the top of my head. I ran the two miles around the stadium and bagged it, deciding not to take a chance on getting sick.
Thursday it was still cold as hell so I decided to skip Thursday and just do my Thursday miles on Friday. Friday the temp was up in the 40s and the wind had died down. I also found a beenie at Bealls for $10 which really helped. I did an easy 7 miles.
Saturday I had to work in the morning. We put in some new power equipment and I had to migrate all my servers to it. I spent from 8 AM till around 1 PM crawling around on the floor, moving equipment and basically working my ass off. I had to do 6 miles so, since I was downtown already, I decided to go do them on the Austin Hike and Bike trail. A guy I work with had been bugging me to go try it out but I just hate dealing with the logistics of running any place but from home or the gym. The weather was perfect, in the high 60s and clear but I was dog tired from all the morning's labor. I thought a nice run would perk me up but it was pretty tough. The trail is nice, pretty well maintained with only a few pot holes and gullies and it runs right along Town Lake. There were tons of people out and it was nice to see humans instead of cows as is my usual scenery. Anyway, I made somewhere around 6 miles but I was sure ready to stop. I left there and drove straight up to Round Rock for my daughter-in-law's daughters birthday. She is 6 and it was at Gatti Land. A good time was had by all but when the party stopped and they hit the games, I hit the road.
Sunday was 9 miles. I slept till almost 8, very unusual for me. I finally dragged myself out of bed but I felt like hammered horse shit. I was going to postpone running for a bit but it sure is nice to get it out of the way so I just sucked it up, put on my stuff, grabbed a bottle of Gatorade and hit the road. It was rough getting started, I sometimes feel like someone cut off my feet and I'm trying to run on stumps (I call myself Stumpy the Clown at these times) and Stumpy was in full force this morning. However, after a mile or so, Stumpy started to recede a bit and I felt better and started running easier. It was a beautiful morning, somewhere in the 40s with only a slight wind and partly cloudy. The sun was up and everything just felt fresh and alive. These are the kind of days we runners live for, when everything just feels good. Anyway, toward the end Stumpy was re-emerging but I still managed to finish the 9 miles.
The wife and I went to see Harry Potter later in the afternoon. I thought it was far and away the best of the 4.
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