So I went to a meeting this morning where Rich and Gavin were explaining their past 18 months of work to the new chief of Mission Operations. The new guy is young and handsome. Is it wrong of me to use those two things as basis for liking him, without even knowing what he’ll do as head of the directorate??
Because I totally am.
Oh well.
I had the best run in a while last night. I was going to do two Gilruth laps (5.8 miles), but with the weather finally having cooled off, I felt so good that I even added an extra mile and a half. I ran 7.3 in all, and felt great almost the entire time. My shins were hurting for the first mile and a half, but that is “normal” for me. If I run through the pain, it always goes away by mile 2. I think it’s a little bit of a factor of jumping back into long distance running a bit too fast after basically not running all summer.
(Dad, no more lectures about the dangers of long distance running. I’m ok.)
I have decided, however, that next summer I should try to run at least a little more than I did this year. I ran more in summer 2003 than I did this year, and that’s probably why last fall’s training for the half marathon didn’t get off to nearly as unpleasant a start as this year’s training for the whole 26.2. By not running at all during the summer this year, I think I lost some of my ability to deal with the heat. I un-acclimated.
