Chaire Herodikos Selymbriaios!

3 miles easy to the Harvard boathouse in the pm.

a frustrating abortive run in the late pm.  unusually warm and humid evening (60+ degrees - in mid-December!) and I think there must have been some kind of inversion - at any rate the air quality was poor. before I'd reached the river, some asthmatic wheezing. This is rare for me but can get scary at times and I didn't have my inhaler. So I broke off and walked home for a few puffs and a couple benadryl.

The upside is I felt sluggish all night, meaning I guess that I'm getting acclimated to more regular exercise.

That's more like it. Out to the Cambridge Boat Club and back. Air temp was back down to normal-ish. By mi 4 had some of the old life in the legs.

 A nice evening run. There's a new pair of shoes coming too; the Nikes are clunky at mileage.

A quick 3 to the boathouse before dinner. Had to fit it in between a lecture by Bob Darnton and going out so was pretty brisk. Legs feel fine - nothing to write home about but no pain at any rate. Will be glad when I'm no longer lugging the extra lbs around.

The Darnton talk was a bit disappointing, I have to say - about the anecdotes scandaleuses of pre Revolutionary France which he kept cross cutting with Perez Hilton before conceding that they weren't really much the same after all.

Ran to Josh's office in the early am had a nice chat then continued for another six miles to the Northeastern boathouse. Took it very easy and felt good. Weight loss is a challenge but the new normal has crept down to about 167 first thing in the morning. I think 163 by next week will be tough, but the miles are up and we'll give it a shot!

New shoe day! Very quick run in the afternoon, weather perfect shoes feel great: super light but great ride. 

A nice way to close a solid week of running, best in a while. Felt great, looking forward to more.  Weight loss not as much as I'd hoped (part of the problem is on the diet side I expect) but the numbers are steadily getting better.