1:29:28. Drat. After 6 hours at the airport, 3 hours standing in lines, 3 sets of boarding passes, and two canceled flights, I am still in Tucson today. There were a bunch of storms in Dallas (and in Nashville as well) and they kept canceling flights into (and out of) Dallas yesterday - by 6PM I just gave up and rebooked (for the 3rd time) for today. The main bummer is it ruins my "running schedule" for today -- I will be 27 mins (~3 miles) off of my schedule this week. In the big scheme of things - this is so very minor. It is nothing compared to all of those poor people in Fargo (and nearby) that after 2 or more days out in the freezing cold packing sandbags (that froze as soon as they were packed and therefore not as useful) were told to give up and had 1/2 hour to pack up the things they wanted to try to save; nor is it as bad as the poor soldier I met yesterday in one of the many lines I stood in, who after 16 months in Iraq and 25 hours of flying was not going to get home to his family last night. It is probably good for me to be slightly inconvenienced and get my "schedule" off kilter, I am too wedded to "hitting" the schedule anyway (a little of a control freak with respect to running and my work). I will however, be packing running shoes and kit with me no matter where I travel in the future -- even now I really don't know where my luggage is -- I just hope I find it late tonight when I get into Nashville. And - because I was polite to the ticket agents last night I am flying first class today -- so I can actually work on my computer with lots of table room - sweet. I will miss my 2nd run though. Happy Weekend bloggers. | 