First of all, FYI, in case anyone is interested... the high today here in Fort Worth, TX is 107 degrees. It's been over 104 all week. It's awful, awful hot!!! I run at 5 am when it's only a cool 85 degrees, thank goodness. Today was a GREAT RUN! Legs felt strong. I felt great the whole run. Just kept the pace comfortable. I'm thinking that my goal of running a 4 hour marathon may be realistic.
Some interesting things that happened this run:
- Every morning I pass an old man whose out walking. This morning he asked me how much I run when I passed (I was just finishing my 5th mile). I told him usually between 6-8 miles each morning. He told me I had great form. Made me feel good and I sped up after that.
- Yesterday it was still dark and I was running along the sidewalk dodging some low hanging tree branches when I heard a booming man's voice yell... it startled me especially when I felt a dog attack my leg... I looked down and saw a puppy boxer dog. My scream scared the dog away and the man apologized. Well, today... those tree branches were all cut so I didn't have to dodge them at all. I guess the man with the dog lived at that house and fixed them.
- While it was still dark outside, I saw 3 women exercise-walking along in the middle of a lane on a 4 lane road. I couldn't believe they'd do that. Seemed very dangerous. They weren't even walking against traffic so they could see cars coming... and when a car came driving down the lane they were on, they didn't even look behind them ...or move. They were spread out over the whole lane and they just seemed to assume cars would go around them. People are still half asleep at that time, it's dark, and who would expect to see 3 women in the middle of the road. I almost said something to them as I passed on the sidewalk but I didn't think they'd appreciate my input.
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