Yes, that's probably a misquote of Mark Twain but I am still alive. Despite the hopes of some (Lovely Wife perhaps?) who believe I may be worth more dead than alive.
I hit a bit of a running low point. It's called a move. I don't know if anyone else has experienced this or not, but moving is a bit unpleasant. I probably could have eeked out a few runs here and there. In fact I did manage two over a period of about a month. But sometimes you have to make a choice: Happy family, well organized, planned and executed move on one hand, continued regular running on the other. I selected the former.
So now I've managed two in the past three days. I am back on the horse, but it hasn't been a painless experience.
I'm now in Washington, DC. I've left lovely England where the temperature was nice and moderate all summer, and arrived here. Where it's been over 90F everyday. I'm not a morning person, I just can't get myself up and run at those hours. So I waited till after the heat of the day to get my run in. Or so I thought. The first day I found an outdoor thermometer that read 94F (34.5C) as I was finishing up. Not very pleasant. But at least it was a humid heat.
I must continue though, because I have a goal! A GOAL! Yes a goal. I found a 10k to run. A few months back I had the 'great idea' that I could run the Marine Corps Marathon this fall. Then the Lovely Wife reminded me of the upcoming move. Yes, she keeps me out of trouble all the time. So I've elected to run the simultaneous 10k. Should be doable I think. With essentially a month to prepare I should be okay. Probably no Personal Best this time though.
Post Script #1: I made two cheap shots at the lovely wife. She doesn't deserve them. Lovely Wife is truly a lovely wife!
Post Script #2: New blog for people to check out: Blunoz' Random Ramblings
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John,
Someday when you want a nice run under tree cover in a nice NoVA park, go to the Elanor Lawrence Park. To get there, take I-66 west to the Rt. 28 exit (aka Sully Road / Dulles Airport exit). Turn right / North onto Rt. 28 and make another immediate right at the next traffic light (you'll see the big brown park sign there at the corner). Drive up about half a mile on the left to the parking lot and visitors center.
Actually, now that I think about it, you've been to this park with me before when you came to visit in 2006. We went to find my favorite puzzle geocache - SIGH-4 in that park.
Anyway, there are like 8 geocaches around that park, and the trail is really nice for running in the shade of the trees. I used to go running there either at lunch or in the afternoon just after work.
Lovely Wife certainly does not deserve your snide comments! All she puts up with... living with a Loping Squid... or not living with as the case may be! :-)
Glad to see you are back to running. Enjoy DC... it should cool off soon!
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