Go, you chicken fat, go away!

I wanted to run another 5 miles today, but as soon as I started going I knew that wasn't happening.  I'm so sore from basketball last night.  Not as sore as last week, but still pretty sore.  I ran a half mile, stopped, and stretched out.  That felt pretty good, but by mile 1 I needed to stretch again.  After that I felt like I could finish up, but since it was feeling so good to stop and stretch, I decided to stop again at mile 2.  Mile 2 is right as I turn to run along the canal.  Before I got there I saw a guy crossing the street at the canal.  The traffic was pretty busy so he had to stop in the middle of the street.  Then a van pulled into the center lane right around him like it was going to turn left, but it kept driving down the center lane.  That kind of annoyed me because it disrupted the jaywalker's groove.  So when I stopped at the canal to stretch I saw 5 school kids about 100 yards up that no doubt go to the alternative school at the corner.  They were spread out along the path like they owned it.  I started to stretch, but the van had flipped a U-y and had now turned on the path of the canal.  I moved over and almost fell down the embankment.  Then it drove and picked up the kids.  I had finished my stretching and was running behind it.  It stopped.  I thought it was because of the cyclist coming from the opposite way.  But it never started going again.  I ran by it and fully expected it to start going again and pass me.  It never did.  Maybe the alternative kids slit the driver's throat.  Who knows?  I stopped one more time at the magic water fountain.  Then I ran home.

Avg. pace - 9:04

Temp - 80°