WHO'S YOUR DADDY?!
1. I ran 18K today. I ran them in 1 hour 40 mins. My first 16K a few weeks ago took me only 5 mins less. Good day.
2. a) After the first 7K my ipod froze. Again. This run was lost.
2. b) I have a theory, based on hard facts and their resulting reasonable logic: The freezing problem only occurs in conjunction with my ipod remote control. Both times that my ipod froze was when I was running outside, and when I run outside I use the remote control armband. Whenever I ran on the treadmill in the gym, where I never use the remote control, no freezing happened. Genius observation, no? (Today’s other 11K I ran without the remote control and they were recorded and saved just fine.)
3. I am taking my ipod and the remote control to an Apple store to have them investigate this matter further.
4. a) I had a pit stop at 10.5K at my parents’ place to refill my water bottle, empty my bladder (not in one go, no, Boz, you funny man) and consume what you see pictured above.
4. b) It was very sirupy and very sweet and made me think of Slimer.
5. Despite its weird taste (I am sure I will get used to it), it really did the trick of getting my energy level up again. Maybe it's just a placebo but if it's working, what does it matter?
6. I had the best runner’s high today. (Consequently, I am not too miffed about the repeated freezing.)
7. I just sprayed my computer mouse with water. Maybe I should hold my horses on the genius proclamations.
8. a) At about 15K a teenage dude drove past me on his vespa type thingie and then wolf whistled. (Which was a first. Usually I just get truck drivers honking at me – there’s this dirt track on one of my routes that, separated by a fence, runs right next to a highway – but, really, as I take it, that’s a professional compulsion more than a compliment. Still gives me a heart attack every time.) If I had had any extra breath I would have called after him, ‘Damn straight, my boy!’ (It should have been in German, of course, but I don’t even know what I would have yelled in German.)
8. b) On my way back I ran past said teenager and his group of buddies. It was probably good I had my earphones in.
8. c) All seemed to belong to the age group I could be teaching in the future. Maybe I need to work some jogging into my lesson plans for motivational reasons.
9. My thigh muscles and butt dread tomorrow.
10. Boz says lists need 10 items.
11. I say, so sue me.
2. a) After the first 7K my ipod froze. Again. This run was lost.
2. b) I have a theory, based on hard facts and their resulting reasonable logic: The freezing problem only occurs in conjunction with my ipod remote control. Both times that my ipod froze was when I was running outside, and when I run outside I use the remote control armband. Whenever I ran on the treadmill in the gym, where I never use the remote control, no freezing happened. Genius observation, no? (Today’s other 11K I ran without the remote control and they were recorded and saved just fine.)
3. I am taking my ipod and the remote control to an Apple store to have them investigate this matter further.
4. a) I had a pit stop at 10.5K at my parents’ place to refill my water bottle, empty my bladder (not in one go, no, Boz, you funny man) and consume what you see pictured above.
4. b) It was very sirupy and very sweet and made me think of Slimer.
5. Despite its weird taste (I am sure I will get used to it), it really did the trick of getting my energy level up again. Maybe it's just a placebo but if it's working, what does it matter?
6. I had the best runner’s high today. (Consequently, I am not too miffed about the repeated freezing.)
7. I just sprayed my computer mouse with water. Maybe I should hold my horses on the genius proclamations.
8. a) At about 15K a teenage dude drove past me on his vespa type thingie and then wolf whistled. (Which was a first. Usually I just get truck drivers honking at me – there’s this dirt track on one of my routes that, separated by a fence, runs right next to a highway – but, really, as I take it, that’s a professional compulsion more than a compliment. Still gives me a heart attack every time.) If I had had any extra breath I would have called after him, ‘Damn straight, my boy!’ (It should have been in German, of course, but I don’t even know what I would have yelled in German.)
8. b) On my way back I ran past said teenager and his group of buddies. It was probably good I had my earphones in.
8. c) All seemed to belong to the age group I could be teaching in the future. Maybe I need to work some jogging into my lesson plans for motivational reasons.
9. My thigh muscles and butt dread tomorrow.
10. Boz says lists need 10 items.
11. I say, so sue me.
They'd only be appetizers anyway, Andy. ;)
Hm... probably didn't cool you down much, did it?
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
I sure was!
The main reason I don't run is because I can't stand the wolf-whistles.