I know this isn’t at all why folks come here, so I’ll keep it short. I just wanted to brag on myself for hitting a new long running distance. Yesterday I ran 6.3 miles, about half of which felt like it was into a head wind (meaning, probably that the other half was with the benefit of a tail wind.) In particular, I was happy with myself for really attacking the 18th street bridge in Lafayette. For whatever reason, the engineers didn’t include much of an approach, so it’s a big rainbow shaped kind of bridge where I was going uphill into the aforementioned head wind. I am also particularly happy to be able to run distances of several miles since it has only been about 3 years since I had a broken knee and couldn’t walk at all.
As my wife has mentioned, I have an irate metabolism. So I need to burn a bunch of calories like I need a hole in my head. But, running is kind of fun, and now that I’m into it a little bit, there is always that desire to go “just a little bit further.” And, let’s face it, exercising is a defensible reason to get away from the kids and listen to some tunes. Yesterday was particularly nice. After I got home, I drank about 3 cups of water and a gatorade, then cracked open a “Robert the Bruce Scottish Ale” from those outstanding Munster brewers, 3 Floyds. I did this while sitting in the sun on the deck in my back yard. Shirt off, I suppose I was giving the ladies in the neighborhood a bit of eye candy — if that’s the proper term for a gleaming white fish belly.
Anyway, it’s amazing how much more fun exercising is at 1 in the afternoon than it is at 5:30 in the morning which is the time I’m consigned to during the week.
I know what you mean about the bridge – running it was always awful, as was running up past XXX from River (that hill seemed like it was at an 89° angle, but that’s probably because I had stumbled down it from the bars too late the night before). Sure it’s a short hill, but it was always a bad place to end a run.
I’ve never run the stretch up by the XXX. Seems like you’d want spikes, an ice axe, and other technical climbing gear for that stretch.
Congratulations, Doug!
Doug, now you can race the 5MI and the 10K. My achilles tendon acted up a little after the Lake Run 12K (Bloomington, IL) yesterday. Was OK today though after an 8 MI training run. Some of the races (like yesterday – beer and sandwiches)have good post race stuff.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks Gary,
I just ran 8.9 miles today — I think I may have overdone it a wee bit, but all-in-all not too bad. In a couple of weeks, I’m going to run the Flora Hog Jog, a 6k. I’m looking forward to the pork sandwiches afterward.