yesterday's run

On my run yesterday, I achieved many goals.

I ran about a mile in the dress clothes and dress shoes that I wore to work. I achieved the following goals:

1. Threw away some trash in a trash can in Patterson Park. (I don't care enough to find out when they actually pick up the trash in my neighborhood. Besides, I don't have a trash can with a lid, so I can't leave the trash out for pickup anyway.)

2. Got my Leatherman out of my car, which was parked across the park. (I had some shoe surgery to perform - the $78 Nike Run Avant+, due to its low price point, doesn't have a second, lower lace hole at the top, which is the one you need to put the laces through if you don't want the shoe to slip on your heel. As an aside, this is an amazing shoe at an unbeatable price, and you should buy it before Nike gets wise to the fact that it is lighter, more flexible, and more responsive than the $99 LunarGlide+.)

3. Dropped off my entry for the 2010 Boston Marathon in the nearest mailbox. (It's bad luck to mail in a race entry if you don't do it during the course of a run.)

I was sweaty and breathing heavily when I returned to my house. The good news is, I took my clothes off quickly, so I am wearing the same shirt and pants today, and they don't smell bad at all.

All in all, I believe that this was a very efficient run that adequately prepared me to make bread from scratch for today's potluck luncheon at work.

Also, I should point out that I now run between buildings at work. And, I make multiple flimsy excuses per day to go from building to building, spreading out my trips as much as possible. (I'm not going to keep posting that every day. Just accept that I'll keep doing it, unless I say otherwise.)

I think that this will prepare me to do some speedwork tonight. I'm really feeling the need to let loose in a track workout. More to follow on that, eventually.