Extended Kohler's loop on a warm, partly cloudy morning. I got to bed a little earlier last night so I was feeling more rested when I got up, but I felt the effects of having bumped up my mileage to eight a day as I was getting started. My legs were sore or anything, I just didn't have much spring in my step. After about four miles I started feeling more energized and felt strong finishing up. It might have been due to a little extra energy gained from swallowing some gnats in my run through the park.
In the past that might have grossed me out a little, but I've watched a few episodes of Man versus the Wild (or whatever it's called), where they drop this ex-special forces commando off in the middle of some wilderness area armed only with a knife. Over the course of several days, he finds food, water and shelter and makes his way out to civilization. He'll eat just about anything that will give him some energy and not make him sick, like live snakes and scorpions (after biting off the head and stinger), grubs, termites, ants and even squeezing drinking water out of elephant dung (I missed his explanation of how that could be safe). After watching some of the things he's done to survive, swallowing a few gnats doesn't seem too bad. | 