Kohler's Loop. I was definitely on auto-pilot this morning. Just woke up at 5:18 without the alarm, got dressed, headed out the door and was at least a mile into my run before I was fully conscious. I was running a pretty good warm-up pace, but as always, I picked it up when I saw a runner ahead of me. He was kind of plodding along so it didn't take too long to catch him, but I guess I was hoping that he was going my way and we could chat for a minute. On mornings when I'm more rested, I think about lessons I need to prepare or programming challenges at work or just enjoy the birds and other sounds of the morning, but there are times when I'm tired that apart from my eyes being open, I'm effectively asleep (even though I'm running an eight minute pace or so). I can understand how Dean Karnazes would fall asleep running during one of his 300 mile adventures. The brain can disassociate itself from the body and rest even when the heart, lungs and legs are still working pretty hard. | 