Saddle Blazer Half Marathon Day 3

This post should have gone up yesterday, but I still remember most of my run.

I was scheduled for 6 miles and was pretty pleased when I walked out the door to find that it was not freezing outside.  It was a little damp and clammy out, no big deal.  My chief goal was to get my run in before the thunderstorms arrived and the temperature plummeted.

I started strong, I wasn't sucking air like on Day 1.  Unfortunately, while I did manage to get back inside before the bad weather started in earnest, I ended up getting drizzled on.  The rain in and of itself was not the issue.  Rain is fine.  It cools you down and I already know that there will be more fire ant hills only cloudy rainy days.  I have no idea if that is a verifiable, scientific truth.  It is just something that I have noticed, and I keep my eyes peeled for fire ants on damp days.  No, the real problem was the wet shoes and socks.  I developed quite a nasty blister. 

I decided not to stop.  I plan to run ultras someday.  Blisters come with the territory.  This one has a fairly impressive surface area, but I will not let it stop me from getting out there to run tomorrow, or to make it to the gym to strength train tonight. 

My Spotify didn't come up with anything impressive until the very end with "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine.  I near sprinted the final tenth of a mile, blister and all.  Other positives were the lack of male(or any) attention I received.  There was no honking or shouting which is always nice. 

My next step is to head to the gym tonight for some strength training.  I plan to start Bret Contreras' Strong Curves (for the 4th time).  I really want to give it my all this time.  I have neglected strength work in my desire to get in shape.  I don't know if my running is suffering for it, but its something I need to be aware of.

Other Things:

Knitting: I am working on a classic watch cap to go with the baktus I just finished.  The yarn is some blue variegated redheart, that I bought a million years ago when I still shopped at hobby lobby.  I have been going to through my yarn stash and trying to find projects for forgotten balls and skeins.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100919154401/http://www.cocoabeachyarn.com/patterns/classicwatchcap.pdf

Watching: A Russian Documentary series that covers all the Romanov Tsars : Романовы

Reading: Stephen King's The Gunslinger
Writing: The semester is over, so thankfully nothing. I am taking a much needed break.

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