With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

ran with Wyatt Earp this morning.  Just did a big loop out on the country roads.  Saw a cute little dead rabbit.  His entrails were about 7 feet behind him on the road.  Poor critter.

76-77^o with 81-84% humidity.  overcast for the first 6 miles, so not too bad.

It's so nice to run with friends.

ran the lakeless dam route again.   It's got good inclines and one part that I'd actually call a hill.

my back was hurting all night, and again all day today.  I lifted something heavy and awkward shaped and didn't use my legs like I should have.  I know, I know, I know.  It was a dumb thing to do.

the running didn't seem to bother it or help it, but I thought doing the shred video might be difficult so I passed on doing it again today

it actually rained today.  not till after I'd finished my run, but by 9:30, it was really raining, and it's rained almost all the day long.  We sure needed the moisture.  I was going to do this blog earlier and the power went out at the house.  At first I felt so clever because I had charged the laptop and I didn't need any electricity to use it.  Two minutes later, my pride bubble burst when I realized that I did need power to get the internet connection to work.  Duh.

So this is a late day entry for me.  I ended up reading and taking a wonderful nap since the power was out.  nice lazy day for resting and trying to let my back heal.

avg pace on the run was around 9:25 (if I remember correctly).  the temp was 77-79 degrees with around 85% humidity.  7-8 am. 

I don't know what the official name for this kind of run is, if one even exists.  I think I'll call it "I was too tired to wake up earlier, so I decided to run fewer miles at a faster pace." 

I wanted to keep my miles 1 and 3 under a 9 mm, and I wanted mile 2 to be under 8 mm.  I was able to meet my goals, so I was happy.  I believe the pace for those 3 miles overall was 8:17.

I ran after the 3 miles was over to make it 30 minutes, but I turned off my garmin and just went slowly to cool down.  It was about 5 1/2 minutes, so I put it down for 1/2 a mile. 

Had to do some chauffering around of my #1 buckaneer this morning, and by the time I got home, I'd lost most of my motivation to do much else.  I did some arm weights and bicycle crunches.  I'm considering a bike ride later on.  I'm just trying to figure out where I'll go.  It's more enjoyable when I've got a destination in mind.

First, I think I'll watch a movie with Buckaneer #2.  I got Valentine's Day at redbox last night.  Hope it's good.  If not, it's only a  dollar!  I guess I'll get the popcorn out :-)

Wyatt came by this morning and we ran the 9 mile p-town route.  It was nice.  The second half is really quiet without much traffic at all.  We got visiting, and before I knew it, we were done.

It wasn't too hot- the sun was just up, but it was overcast and foggy with humidity.  We were in the steam room the whole time.  Because the sun stayed hidden by clouds, it made it tolerable.  But I was dripping buckets of sweat.  My shorts were actually dripping all over the floor and I had to get a towel.  Very humid.

Temps were 75.7 to 77^o with 90-91% humidity.  The device that measures wind gusts showed nothing all morning long.  The air was so wet, we could call this a biathalon because we were swimming too.  I'm really not complaining, because it was cool enough to run with the sun hidden.

We went slow and easy.  Not sure of the pace, but I know it's over a 10 mm. 

Good company, good run, good frozen fruit smoothies after :-)...

i have come face to face with danger.  i looked it right in the eye (with my one good eye) and told danger "there will be no survivors" (in my very best Fezzick voice).

then i licked danger, and walked away hungry for more.

danger, by the way, has a name; it's name is cuisineart home soft serve ice cream machine.  

yesterday, therapy run.  today, therapy food.

my tarot cards show me headed toward an intervention very soon :-)

the weather was delightful this morning...a nice little breeze.  69-72^o with 85-78% humidity.  The sweat wasn't dripping nearly as bad as Thursday's 9 miler.

Wyatt and I took a new side road off of the p-town loop and went out in the country for a while, then intersected back with the end of the p-town loop to finish the run.

We ran by a couple of horse farms, and a little old worn down trailer house that had a cow family in the front yard.  A bull, a mom cow, and a little calf.  We see the strangest things out in the country.  Had a few dogs chase out after us in the road.  None of them were doing anything other than just being guard dogs, I just hate to see dogs left loose that can run in the road and get hit by a car.

Got a good opossum road kill sighting too.  Our run was slow...some miles were a little too slow and I think we need to try and pick up the speed a little.  We got back and I decided I wanted  to run a little more, so I did a 2 miles loop around the hood and worked on running faster.  I got 9:30ish on the first mile and 830ish on the second.  My last .18 was 7:30ish, but that's not really long enough to count for much.

Overall avg pace was 10:20.  Hope to see that increase in the coming weeks.

I'm so glad the weather was nice today.  It makes me hopeful that better days are ahead.