My shoes have lost a lot of cushion, so I went to the running store to get some shoes. Two pair felt good (a pair of Asics and Brooks). Since I've been running in a pair of Asics and they've felt good, I bought the Asics. They told me to try them out for up to 30 minutes on a treadmill and bring them back if necessary. After walking and running on the treadmill for about 25 minutes to test them out, I decided to return them and get the Brooks. I'll try them out on the treadmill sometime over the next few days. If that doesn't fly, I'll go get the Asics back. At least I'll have run in both and will know which I prefer.
Wanted to run some more ... outside tonight. So I put on my old pair of shoes and went out in the cold without my wife this time. A chilly breeze hit me head on for a while, but let up for the rest of the run. Though humid, at least it wasn't raining! A few Canadian Geese on the lake were roused by something and called out, but settled down after several minutes.
"I will think of you, love
On evenings when the grey mist
Rises above the rushes
And chill sounds the voice
Of the wild ducks crying."
-- Anonymous, contained in the Man'yoshu (δΈθι - Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) (1st anthology of Japanese poetry - poem written ~ 1,300 yrs ago)
Total miles combined (treadmill and on the road is 5.75). If I didn't walk a good ways on the treadmill I would have recorded a combined distance well over 6 miles. I have a 10k on my goals list, since I haven't officially run one yet ... but ... I really haven't trained for it and it wouldn't be problem. Maybe the time wouldn't be great, but the mileage wouldn't be bad. Maybe I just need to start looking toward the goal of a half-marathon. I would need to train for that.
Good night!!
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