Yesterday it rained here in Bejing and for the first time in probably years you could see the sun. People were out in the streets just staring at the sun wondering what this big ball of light in the sky was. Turns out when there isn't a blanket of smog covering the entire city it gets light at 5:00am. Interesting trivia, all of China is on 1 time zone and they don't have daylight savings, so after sporatic jetlaged sleep all night at 5:00am when I noticed light coming through my window I couldn't pass up the chance to go run outside. My leg is hurting really bad still, and walking around an enormous convention center all day just isn't giving it time to get better. So I ran out to the Olympic Park and around and back to the hotel, I was really slow 4 miles in 32 minutes 8:00/mil pace and then I went to the hotel gym and did 30 minutes on the stationary bike. I am trying to relax a bit more today so I can get some better outside mileage in tomorrow morning, I guess we'll see. I am trying to take advantage of being injured and out of training mode, and being in China with horrible food to try and loose some weight. I would love to drop 10 - 15 lbs for when I am able to pick up my training again.
| 