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December 15, 2004

I should be packing

but I'm surfing instead. I always wait until the last minute to pack and invariably I forget something. I did that this morning, even, when all I did was pack my work clothes for one day. I had on nice black dress pants and black boots and ... and I forgot my socks. So I had to wear some old running socks I had in my office for keeping my feet warm. And the boots were short. So every time I bent at the knee and my pant leg rose high enough there were my white shins and the sliver of white athletic sock peeking out. So I hid in my office for most of the day.

I had an interesting run this morning. I started at 5:30 with one group and ran with them a mile and a half or so to the meeting place of a 5:45 group, then ran an out-and-back with them, hauling ass to get back to the rock to make sure my friend Shannon had someone to run with at 6:15. And she did. So I ran over to the track just as Steve's and Gilbert's Wednesday morning group was starting their drills before the track workout of 4x 800/300 repeats.

I'm still all squirly on the track. I ran with a guy who helped me get through my very-cool 4x mile workout a few weeks ago, and it was kind of amusing how I'd maintain a nice steady pace on the 800s, just a few seconds in front of him, and then on the 300s I couldn't stay anywhere near him for the life of me! I wonder if there was even any difference between my 800 pace and my 300 pace ...

And then I ran back to where it all started hours before. It was a good run overall, except that we started just above freezing at 5:30 and then worked our way down to well below freezing as the morning went on. Despite having run 5 miles already by the time we started the workout my left foot was nearly completely numb with cold while we were doing the intervals. And then my hands got so cold afterward that they started to hurt. I actually cut my run short because of it and felt a little nauseous when I got to the car. I'd never had that happen before. I had on cotton gloves and a shirt whose sleeves folded over your hands, and my jacket sleeves pulled down over that. Next time I'll need even more drastic measures I guess.

So Matty's at the babysitter and Andy's all packed and ready to go. And I'm still sitting here playin' on the computer ...

Posted by jenandmats at December 15, 2004 9:21 PM