Spring has Sprung

It really feels like spring out today for the first time. It was 72 and sunny today. A near perfect day for your favorite spring-time activity; gardening, taking the kids to the park, going for a walk, stealing the neighbors daffodils…whatever it is you like to do. For me it’s running. Actually I like to run in any kind of weather; hot, cold, warm, cool…doesn’t matter. But today was one of those days where the running would be great. Today also happened to be a work from home day and my weekly long run day…a Perfect Storm of great running factors was converging upon my lowly self. So around 11am I adorned myself with my very manly lyrca/spandex running shorts, shirt, shades and iPod – I was looking good (well better than Richard Simmons)–and headed out for a run. It was probably around 55 when I started the run and around 65 or so when I finished up. I was planning on doing 14 miles and with the increase in temps, knew that I would need some water. So I left a water bottle next to my car. I decided to run my 7 mile loop twice so I could pick up the water bottle halfway through. I won’t bore anyone with the details of an almost 2-hour run (sweet lunch break). But let’s just say it was great. The weather was great, my legs felt great (well for the first 12.5 miles they did), I only yelled at one car (for running a red-light while I was in the crosswalk) and there were no potty breaks…always a bonus. The only negative was that no one shouted “nice calves” at me.
I know this is just a boring running post that probably only one other person who reads this blog will find interesting. But I thought I’d share my love of running on a near perfect day for it.
Sincerely
The Imelda Marcos of Running Shoes