Easy 6-ish today. Got my new pair of Adizero Adios today and immediately went to try them out. Felt very much like the Manas did, maybe a tad better cushioned, although the only way to tell would be to take them on a longer run. And I don't have too many longer runs left. I may take the Nikes on tomorrow's run and wear these on the 17 miler on April 4, then decide which one to wear in Boston. Then again, I might change my mind after I get to Boston.
Weather has cooled off nicely. Almost too cool this morning, supposed to be a bit cooler tomorrow. Good time to start off a 22-miler early and finish before it warms up much, not that there will be a whole lot of warming.
So basically I'm about 18 hours from the start of the taper. What a trip its been, starting when I looked in the mirror in NLR and didn't like those multiplying chins. Through the challenge with Julie, joining the Crackheads, the crash and burn at LR and the commitment to do it again and get it right, joining this blog, getting the encouragement from Sasha, getting hooked up with the RWOL loonies and all the tangential stuff, the move, the whack, the divorce, getting my professional and personal life put back together, the one thing on the horizon has been the marathon, specifically Boston. Now it's almost here.
I'll have to figure out something to do next. Maybe it will be going back to Boston, or going for a PR this fall at Sacramento or Tucson, or something. Maybe it'll be backing off on the running a bit and focusing on personal connections. We'll see. Running needs to be there somehow, though. It's my release, my safety valve, my makeup for too many cheeseburgers and strawberry shakes. And at this point, many of my friends are my friends because of running. | 