I went for an easy run on Monday night, covering 3.5 miles right around 12:00 pace. I ran the exact same route last night at the exact same time of day with the exact same easy level of effort — and got back to the house a full 3 minutes faster than the night before. It’s amazing what a difference a drop of 15 degrees and 30% humidity makes.
The sun looks different depending on the humidity. On Monday evening, the sun was in my eyes and blinding, and the whole sky way bright…and last night, the sun seemed lower in the sky, and darker. It cast long shadows as I ran along the trail and the light felt different. More orange. More fall-like. I love it.
I was unlucky in the lottery for the 2012 Houston Half Marathon, and I’m not yet sure if I’ll be able to do the RunGirl Half Marathon in December. I haven’t done a race since late June and without a major event on my calendar, I’ve just been kind of drifting along. Some days I run. A lot of days I don’t. I need something to work towards, but I’m feeling pretty ambivalent about what that should be. I may head to the Toughest 10K in Galveston this weekend, but I can’t decide if the entry fee is worth it. The majority of the race is on the I-45 causeway to the island — you run over and back — and I can’t decide if that would be fun or if it would just be boring. I’ll probably go, since doing an organized event usually helps snap me out of the ruts.
I’d like to do a half marathon sometime this winter. It just wouldn’t feel like winter without doing 13.1 at some point!
