Day 51

August 3, 2009
about 3+ miles - ?? min

My watch broke on Saturday. I have to get a new one to know how fast. I do know that I ran hard and don't think I could have run much harder. I was gone from home about 45 minutes.

OK. So there are these two girls I see almost every morning. They never say hello. I thought it was because I was usually on the other side of the road or passing them. Today I could smell their perfume (yep that's right...blaugh!) and they still didn't say hello. I felt like I should stop them and say, "Do you have a problem with me or are you blind." LOL!

I ran up as long of hills as I could find today. After I ran a long hill I went down it and ran it again. My leg didn't hurt, for which I am very grateful. Anyway, whenever I run down hill I always hold back. (Did I say this already?) Today was especially hard to run down hill. I actually walked part of the way back down. Working on uphills is very important. Working on down hills is too, or doing the uphill quickly is lost on the way down.

There were a lot of runners and cars out today. First there was a woman running and a man on a bike "together." (slacker man, haha) Then the two "non-communicative" girls, a man with an Army shirt, and a man that looks like John Macenrow (sp?) who I have seen before.

When I am out running I have very interesting, I think anyway, thoughts about things around me and life in general. Maybe sometime I'll take my handheld tape recorder and record some of my thoughts. Should be fun. It would be a very long entry. Other runners around me would think I'm crazy. Should be fun! hahaha!

Today I saw birds everywhere! They were traveling in packs today. One of the hills was full of them. The trees were full of them. They didn't get close but were being very loud. I'm worried about getting attacked but also getting pooped on! (77)