day 6

i've given up hope for using the Mountain Brook track in the morning. my better half thinks that i should just go down and run amongst the football players, but that doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. can you imagine the testosterone levels down there? i bet you could power a small african country off their bravado...

regardless, the temperature sure is better at 6am than 6pm, i'll tell you what! especially at the bottom of the hill, next to the Cahaba...

in fact, i was overcome by a nice warm feeling as i ran this morning down by the river, like all was peaceful and calm. maybe it was the chipmunks running across the road in front of me, or the crows that hopped out of the way as i sweated past them, but it felt all right. not easy, but all right.

my legs hurt like tenderized chicken, but i made it through. i might have made a mistake by not taking a day off earlier this week, as my lower half aches quite a bit, so i might skip tomorrow's run and do the first day of week 3 on Saturday. we'll see....

time: 18:14
distance: approx 2 miles (Run/Walk alternating)