Today’s run: 8.1 miles, 86 minutes. Absolutely gorgeous day at the beach for my Rocky comeback run.

Representive of my level of physical activity yesterday

Yesterday in an article in the NY Times about an over-50 Dads’ support group, the writer opined, “In this day of the Internet, no one ever goes through anything alone.” I felt the truth of that yesterday while dealing with a terrible fit of lethargy that sidelined me from my run. I was going back and forth between blaming it on terrible PMS and blaming myself for using terrible PMS as an excuse. Anyway, I gave a shout out to my DM cronies, and almost immediately got two great links explaining why running with PMS is like running through molasses – as well as a chorus of anecdotal “hell yeses” around the issue.

Today I felt better and got in a great run at the beach. I started extremely slow, worried about some soreness in my hip the last couple of days. But running didn’t aggravate it at all. (Or maybe it was the Alleve kicking in…) Felt a little achey in the last mile, but I ran the final two miles with the strongest pace of the run (10:15ish). Definitely could have thrown in another mile or two.

And she’s back!!

Final thought: Congrats to 1000-miler Keith on an incredible 5K today – 25:47!!  AKA HOLY SHIT! And they served clam chowder and beer at the finish line!! Best race ever or what?