It's swealtering by 6:30 a.m. in South Texas, before the sun is even up. But that's where I was, and it was good to get out and run (and sweat). Ran along the Corpus Christi shoreline before dawn, I was there for work meetings (we have a newspaper there). Corpus isn't much as a town for running, but they've built a wonderful waterfront path with a wide sidewalk and marinas and some sandy beaches and a park, so I like to run there. I stay at some fancy hotel across the street from the path, so it's easy. The sun rises completely red over the Gulf of Mexico, which is actually pretty stunning. You can feel it get more oppressive every second, and I then feel myself appreciating Washington every moment. Still, nice to get a hot one in sometimes. 52:00 Right hip still pretty stiff and painful. Stretched as much as possible. supernova glide red -- 53
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