All night I heard the sound of rain pouring down. It’s been raining since Saturday morning.
Sunday morning. W. called at 9am. “feeling sick- let’s skip this week.” No arguments from me.
Late Sunday, the rain stops. After a busy afternoon shopping–Sports Basement for 2 pairs of running shoes and socks, EBgames for some used videogames, L’Occitaine for Mom, Trader Joe’s for groceries–, I unload the car and motivate for a late run. I go out at a little after 5 pm.
Up Lake St. It’s already dark. Around Mountain View Lake and under route 1. Back onto Lake St, my time is 18 minutes or so. Slow. At 30th Ave I clock 30:14 minutes. On the leg back I try to kick and move my arms. I stop for 56 seconds at the red light at Park Presidio (42.34″). I kick hard to beat 50 minutes for the last stretch, hitting 5:53″ for the last leg, to finish at 49:23″ for the run. (includes red light).
Whoo!
And I feel good.
Maybe I should run more often, instead of just once a week.