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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Almost rained out
I wasn't prepared for how hard it was raining out east of town, where I chose to plod today. I wore my usual overshirt, which unfortunately is not waterproof. As a result, I cut the run short because I was getting cold (wet) — the temperature was in the mid-30s.
This is where I turned around, approximately where I saw the big buck elk and his girls last week (and half a mile or so short of where I saw the wolves). Looks a little different in the rain with what sailors would call a "close" sky.
Today I'm feeling a little of what I like to call "cookish," which means I might spend more than the average amount of time this afternoon fixing up something good to eat today (and into the weekend, depending on what I fix). Those of you who live alone know that it's sometimes hard to get motivated to do anything elaborate in the kitchen. I don't want to waste my cookishness today.
I note that yesterday I went over 100 miles for the month of March, which, truth be told, surprises even me. I resumed running in early January (yes, it was part of a resolution) after almost two years off.
According to the archives of this blog, my last real run had been to the Continental Divide on July 2, 2013, and by that date — six months into the year — my annual total was only 138 miles. It's just March and already I'm at 183.1 for this year. It's been a very long time since that happened. In 2012 I basically didn't run, and 2011 logged just 200 miles before my right foot went to hell on me. I had major reconstructive surgery on it in December of that year, which explains the dearth of running in '12.
Continuing my stroll through history, it appears that the last time I really was running was 2010, when I reached 660 miles by the end of September, when I stopped because of a bunch of travel and work issues. I guess what I'm concluding is that I've run farther since January than I ran, total, from October 2010 through December 2014 — more than four years, 1.5 of which I was still working at the Tribune.
Sorry about this digression, but I was curious about the true duration of my "hiatus." And what is a running log if not a log of my running activity?
2; 17.5; 104.1; 183.1
Posted by Mose, 7:50 AM
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