After taking Friday off, I thought I would put in a long run today. I didn’t partake in the Sherman “I Care” run, and really didn’t want the stress of another race. The Sullivan Sprint is on Sunday and I didn’t get registered for that either. So this should be a great weekend!
I made it out for a run around 4:00pm, I was waiting for it to warm up. The temps crested in the 60’s and the wind was out of the west. I headed out today with my iPod shuffle which had a random fill of my music library. I haven’t had this thing on for a good month now, so I was ready for a little company on my run.
I decided to head for Washington park, a good 10 mile loop. I took a squeeze bottle of blue gatorade with me. About 3 miles into the run, it all came together… Chris Isaak’s “Forever Blue” came up on my iPod.
Was it fate, karma? I looked down at my blue gatorade, and with goosebumps, I realized it was going to be a great run.
I made it to the park and you would have thought it was summer. People were everywhere. I completed the loop and exited.
At this point when ever I came to an intersection or stop light, I was praying for cars. But for some reason, my blue gatorade seemed to clear the roads. Oh, how I prayed for a car, to put me into a walk. It was not going to happen.
With a mile to my house I lifted my pace, just to see what I had left. A 7:00 minute pace finished out my run. I returned in 1:25 on the dot, took the final swig of blue gatorage, and headed for the shower.
– Dan
