Thursday, November 4, 2010

5 miles

Mustered up 5 miles last night in the dark.  There was a slight rain, and it was cold, and I wore shorts.  A friend of mine insist that I wear shorts during the marathon this weekend so I was experimenting.  The starting tempurature is expected to be 27 degrees.  I hate running in the cold.  I mean  - I love cold weather running.  It's so invigorating and impressive.  It's really, really neat.  And I enjoy it.

So, yes, shorts.  I bought some compression calf things, usually reserved for triathlon, but they did provide a little additional warmth last night.  I'm going to start out with hat and gloves, two layers up top, and shorts.  I'll lose things as I heat up.  Hopefully no rain.  My lower left back is in a knot.  Not sure yet how far I need to take that excuse for poor performance...just thought I'd keep it alive for the post-marathon entry.  

I haven't been in the water all week.  I haven't been on my bike in weeks, sadly.  Not much athletic to write about.  I finished The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller last night.  It was pretty racy. And interesting.  I don't think I could deal with the lice or bed bugs of Paris in the 1930's. Henre sure could though.    

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