I began my run in the wee small hours of the morning. Teren was running a 5k in the corporate games, and I didn't want to start a long run in the heat of the morning. I began my run at 5:00 a.m. It was nice and cool, but the darkness created some challenges. At about mile 3, there was some pretty serious construction that took some navigation. During the second half of the run, the sun began to come out. I love running during the sunrise. I took a bathroom stop after about seven miles. Three miles later my stomach started to cramp again. I was frustrated when there were three port-a-potties within 100 meters. They were all either locked, or fenced off. So, I ended up running very quickly for the last 2-3 miles.
I usually like to run on the river trail, but always feel like a depraved boogie man is going to jump out of the woods and grab me when I run on it in the dark. So, I stuck to the roads to try my luck playing in traffic. (At least there were street lights.) I ran down to 1300W, out to 90th south, up to 2700 W, and back to 5400 S, to home. I erased my total time off my watch, but it was around 1:25. ( somewhat short of 13, but the need for the bathroom hampered my plan to run the rest through the neighborhood.) What is up with my stomach!!!! | 