run, run, run

Houston, TX 6:00 am

Pace: ?

I planned on running longer this morning, but it just didn't happen. It seems like everything went wrong, except for the running part. My flight was delayed, so I got in really late last night and my iPod flaked out on me. I had to reset it before heading out and then it quit on my after 4.5 miles.

I felt really good running. I think my pace was probably about  8:10. The weather was a little better than in the evening -- but not much.

Houston, TX 5:45 am

Pace:?

Still can't get my iPod to read my sensor. I guess I need to go out and buy another one. I hate that.

A pretty good run this morning. Still hot and muggy but I think I'm getting a little more used to it. I stayed away from the Bayou this morning and that turned out good. It seems even more humid down there and I also have these concerns about getting stabbed.

I'm thinking about going to an Astros game tonight, so we'll have to see how that affects tomorrow morning's run. 

Houston, TX 7:00 pm

Pace: 8:30

 I've gotta get out of this place. I think I'm beginning to get used to it. Tonight's run actually felt good. Around mile 6 I was running under the canopy of trees around the perimeter of Rice University and felt a breeze and started thinking that I was comfortable. Then I remembered that back home I would consider it a miserable night. One more run and I'm out of here.

I took the same course I ran Tuesday morning. It is a really nice route. Flat with little traffic and a lot of trees. I'll probably do part of it again tomorrow morning.

Houston, TX 6:15 am

Pace: 8:34

I didn't sleep much at all last night. I don't know why. Probably had something to do with that Diet Pepsi I drank around 9:30. That was a bad idea.

Still I dragged my butt out of bed and went for a run before work. It was a relatively comfortable morning and I only went six easy miles.  If I do a ten-miler on Saturday morning at home I'll have 40 for the week.

I bought a headsweats visor last night. I was getting tired of sweat dripping into my eyes. It worked nicely this morning.

Boise, ID 7:30 am

Pace: 7:45

 I was going to put in a ten mile run this morning but my alarm didn't go off and I needed to be done by 8:30 so I only did seven. I kicked up the pace a little faster than normal for me and felt really good.

I stopped about half way through because I saw a baseball glove on the table at a garage sale. It was too small, so I kept running. I need to find a used glove for the few times a year that I play softball. One of these days someone is going to ask and I'll have to admit that the glove I've been using is my wife's.

Later in the morning I went out with my 8-year old daughter and did a mile around the neighborhood.