Today’s run: 5.48 miles, 1:02:15 min. YT: 379.54. More speedwork today:  .5m RP, .75m RP, .5 mile SP, .25m x 2 SP, .1m x2 SP, with jogging between each interval, and warm up and  cool down too. I really, really had to fight to crank these out, and wasn’t as fast as I would have liked. I did scare quite a few squirrels. Hurrah.

Today was my first run in my new Nike Free Run+s. I had a pair of Frees years ago and loved them. Love these now too! And I love that kicky charcoal ‘n pink. Yay!!

What was funny about this run is that the new placement of my Nike Plus, now that I finally have a pair of Nikes built to accommodate it in the heel, meant that I got much more accurate mileage and paces from the device. For months I’ve had to take .1 mile off each mile of distance at the end of the run to make it accurate. (Too lazy to calibrate…)

I didn’t realize this shift until at least halfway through the run. Instead I thought that I was having the FREAKING SLOWEST RUN EVER because I felt like I was doing a pace that it would normally tell me was a 9:30. Instead it was telling me it was 10:30. So I gnashed my teeth and felt mortified by how much I was clearly beaten down by my move, by nights of light sleep, by mental anguish and constant go go go…

Hello, NO! This run was damn hard because I was constantly trying to go faster than I normally go. I’m just fine, people! Slow as ever, but no slower! :-) I gotta tell you, I’m a little proud of juggling work, running, moving, and goodbyes this week and last. Got a little Superwoman complex going. Don’t worry: I’m sure something’s coming to tamp it down.

Today’s run: 3.3 miles, 31 minutes. YT: 109.7 miles. “Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.” Today I discovered something: I love running in the pouring rain! I was a little alarmed, though, when I looked down at my knees and saw they were…foaming. Yes. I guess my washing machine doesn’t get all the soap out of my spandex.

Dripping wet but rocking my new PI gear

It’s Friday so I’m just going to geek out and post goofy pics of me in my first ever Pearl Izumi product, this long-sleeved, white, waffled shirt. I got it on sale, half off. I absolutely LOVE IT. It’s  incredibly soft and has a pocket for keys!! Woot!!

And re my hat: Did you know today is national Wear Red Day, for heart health? I almost always run in this hat, but today I felt extra-special-heart-healthy doing it.

Happy Friday everyone! Hope my shoes dry out for tomorrow’s beach run.

Today’s run: 6 miles, 1:03 minutes. YT: 75.2 miles. GREAAAAAT RUN. I thought about work a lot on the first half, not because I’m stressed but because I’m excited. Second half was dominated by an interesting cast of characters, some familiar. Kundalini lady was out in her pink jump suit, flailing her head around, her own special ecstatic brand of davening. Intense bearded man crossed my path three times, and faster than me. Zing. Finally, I saw the two delicate black cats I often see, posed together. Not sure whether they are best friends or lovers. Maybe both.

A conversation I had last week with my coworker:

Me: I definitely think more men look at me from cars when I run wearing lipstick.

Craig: Yeah. They’re wondering why you’re wearing lipstick to go running.