Wayne Heckler moved to town and his house is between mine and 3M so this morning he ran most of the way to work with me. It was nice having some company and also someone who is smart enough to wear a reflective orange vest when they run at night. Big full moon. His house was a smidge out of the way so the commute was 0.7 miles further. Wayne filled his bottle at 3M and then headed back. He'll have a minimum of 16 miles today. I felt really good during the run. I attribute that to the huge recovery dinner Liza cooked. 5 left over pancakes with syrup, 4 eggs scrambled, 1 sausage patty, large serving of cut fresh fruit, ice cream, water, and the customary glass of red wine after the kids got to bed. 2 full plates of food -- gone!!!
At the beginning of the return trip, a few little aches and pains got me a little down for the first 1/2 mile. Slightly sore foot, tight calf, tender psoas-- then I had a reality check and remembered this was the 4th 10 mile run in 2 days and if I wasn't sore, I wouldn't be human. Everything loosened up and I had a good run. The left side of my peripheral vision was doing something funky after about 3.5 miles- there were distorted arcs which looked like how a prism refracts light. It kind of strobed sometimes. I would close each eye invidually and it would remain. It was weird. Once I got into the shade on 2nd St. it went away and I didn't see it for the last 4 miles of the run. Who knows?
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