Wasted Continuum

I really needed to clear my head today. The run really helped even though it wasn’t a good run.

Today’s run was not great. It was sunny, hot and humid. Not the best conditions for me to run in. My pace was already slow but with 2 kilometers left, my left ankle gave out a little. I strained it a little bit. Nothing serious like last year, but I had to walk a couple times loosen it up.

I had a good day. At work, I mostly just did research on CakePHP. Not only that, but everyone left work at 3pm which is awesome. It started to rain really hard. I kind of liked it. I went to Rosedale to exchange a shirt for my dad then I went to Barnes and Noble look around and pick up the latest JPG Magazine. After that, I swung by Target to pick up some random things. As soon as I left Target, the rain stopped and it was super sunny and still hot out. I drove down to Como Lake and ran my 5K around the lake. I felt great.

The rolling hills of Grand Avenue got to me. After my pitiful run on Monday, I decided to run on Summit Avenue. It’s definitely more level than Grand. I was not getting tired until around 3.5 kilometers. I think I’m going to run Grand only once a week.

Today’s run was sort of horrible. I think my endurance was completely shot from eating like crazy in San Francisco over the weekend. I didn’t run a full 5K and I had to slow down several times. The uphills on Grand were killing me.I definitely need to improve on Wednesday.

Great run today. It was super sunny and warm. I think I’m just getting in the running mode. I can start working on my time now.