With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Ran my 10k route to the stop light in p-town.  It was wicked foggy this morning.  I can usually see the stoplight a mile away (literally), but today I couldn't see the red glow until I was .33 miles away.  And that was just the glow of the light.  I think visibility was less than 1/10 of a mile.  I had all my lights on and blinking, but I was extra cautious this morning because I know fog makes it hard to see anything and everything.

Here's a photo I took when I got home.  It was dark when I started, so this is what kind of visibility I had with the sun up.  I did, however, get to see the moon.  No fog blocking my view of the moon. :-)  The yellow light is a street lamp across the street.

Beautiful 73 degree run home from work.  Thank you for nice weather :-)

Woke to another crazy foggy morning, and just couldn't muster the desire to run.  So I slept in a little and then did 30 min elliptical.  Almost finished the book I'm reading, which is a diappointment, but when I've already come this far, why quit now?

Ran home- 74 degrees again.  Love this nice December weather!!  Evidently, so do the gnats.  I ran right through a quarter mile long gnat cloud.  Up my nose, in my eyes, in my mouth, all over my face and neck (and the all over my hands as I tried to wipe them off my face).  Here's a photo of my neck when I got home.  No, I'm not growing a beard.  ICK!!

No fog!  Hooray :-)  Nice moon light, slower than the last 3 runs, but it was intentional- my quads above the knees are just a tad bit sore so I took it easy.

Another slow afternoon run- just went around the 'hood.  I had my red blinking light on and someone yelled out to me:  "Hey! You look like Rudolph."  I laughed and had to agree.

Nice morning, just a little cooler than it's been all week and a lot more windy.  I had wind in my face the last half mile and thought it would have slowed me down but I managed to keep a good speed even in the wind. As I ran across the I-95 bridge, I looked down and saw a big box truck on it's side in the median with 3 police cars around it.  Someone was having a bad morning.

After work, I ran with a new friend.  She's just moved to the area and is substituting at our school.  We're pretty well matched on pace and I had a nice run with her around the neighborhoods near the school.  We ran 5.29 miles and she went home.  I still had an hour until the dance recital I was helping with, so I ran a little more on the treadmill upstairs while watching the boy's basketball team run drills in the gym.  30 minutes on a treadmill was enough.  I got in 3.21 miles and a cool-down walk in. 

Treadmill, dreadmill.  It wasn't too bad.  I was on vacation and it was foggy outside all day.  So MR and mini-me played in the pool and I ran on the treadmill.  Had the whole cardio gym to myself.    The last 20 minutes, a couple of guys went out to play tennis on the courts that the machines look out on.  It was a welcome distraction for a while :-)