Discovered tonight that a 10.25 mile run roughly equals one NFL first half. Began the run as the Steelers tried their onside kick to start the game, finished as the teams trudged toward the locker room at halftime. Those two events were 92 minutes apart. I'd planned to go 10, but kept running after the 10-mile mark until the halftime whistle blew (I do weird things like that sometimes). In between, lots of bad offense, and a progression run to 8:41 pace with six strides thrown in at the end. Had a queasy patch in the middle as tonight's buffet dinner began to disagree with me, but got through that unscathed. Will try to get 60 miles in by Friday and then next week will be in the mid-70s before taper madness begins. Didn't get to vote Saturday, so have to get up early tomorrow and get over to the polling place when it opens so I can vote on the way to work. Not going to share my politics with you, but I will say I think this is an extremely important election in a lot of ways. My son has already cast his first ballot and was proud to do so. Unlike my mom and dad, our family will not cancel out each other's votes. | 