Our friends who own the running store asked me to run a "leg" in the "Santa Runs a Marathon" for the living windows celebration for downtown merchants. I ran from 1pm to 1:45pm with a Santa hat on on the treadmill in the front window of the store. This was a first! There were 5 of us Santas and we ran 26.2 miles in 4 hours. The other Santa's had to pick up my slack . . .
Today I ran about 8 miles in 30 degree weather. I ran through the park and then through the other park. It was the most alive I have felt in a long time. It was just me and my beating heart, the geese, naked trees and a sombre looking sunday afternoon. I thought that I needed a new outer layer to wear when I run in temps under 30 degrees but have decided that maybe the first thing on my wish list should be a new pair of running pants. I am not a tights guy and will only wear the tapered leg running pants . .I like the ones I have but I don't think that they are tight enough as they move back and forth when the wind blows . . .and the fact that I got done running 2 hours ago and my thighs are still cold!
My mind is right because of my run this afternoon. I am going to work out at the Y in the morning and also run 2.5 miles. I ran last week several times on the treadmill.
This is it . . .
