Got a 3/10 mile from home and realized I had forgotten my 3M badge so my morning commute was a little longer than normal. Coldest morning in awhile. three layers on top, jogging pants, hat, and gloves. hands got cold. Listened to some NPR - Wait Wait don't tell me and then my collection of French Horn Concertos. Someone asked me recently if the run across alabama was going to be a race. My wife was there and laughed. Officially , the answer is no. But, everyone will line up and start running at the same time each morning. It will be impossible not compete at some level. We all want to finish for sure but we'll know how we stand and I'm sure we'll end up tabulating our daily times. It got me thinking this morning about some other competitions to add into the run: perhaps a David Horton coin hunt- who can pick up the most money or things of value along the way... Oh course, there could be the counting roadkill and since its rural Alabama- counting the number of dogs that chase after us. The final day will be a regulation marathon so that for sure will be the most race like of all the days. I'd love to be able to break 3:30 or 4:00 even. That means I will have come through the previous 150 miles in decent shape. The run home was warmer but it was still cold enough that I wished I had worn my gloves. Once I got headed east, the wind was at my back and it felt better. Nice aroma coming from the Chicken plant and from McCulloms Seafood. Once I got home, I took Hank out for a walk and he and I jogged 1.3 miles. He's good for about a 12 minute mile then he starts dragging.
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