Ugly Toes

I forced myself to run slow this morning, and I was fairly successful. I think the rain and clouds caused the Garmin to measure mile 3 a little long though (I ran through Big Blue again, and my watch didn't beep for 3 miles until I was past the spot I'd determined to be 3 miles on Thursday). I had intended on running an out and back, but got distracted by a new bike path. I think this path is more of a neighborhood path than a city bike path, but it was very pretty with lots of flowers and a little creek. Since I detoured back on the new bike path, I had to add in some distance towards the end.

The rain was kind of intermittent ... it was drizzly for the first 2 miles, then it stopped for a bit. Then it sprinkled, and it turned into more of a light rain by the end. Since it wasn't a downpour, I didn't realize how wet I was until I got back to the house. (Somehow I kicked mud up onto my legs, too). Because it was warmer than last time, I was even able to open the door AND take off my shoes all by myself.

Worst part about the run is that as usual, despite going multiple times before leaving, I needed to pee. The feeling started maybe in the second mile, but I figured that with as much construction as there is around here, surely I'd pass a portapotty. Well apparently I chose a route with no construction and therefore no portapotties! I actually started getting a little crampy towards the end. I think the bathrooms in the Big Blue park might have been open, but by the time I got over there I didn't want to waste the time to stop, especially since home wasn't that far away.

60s | intermittent rain
1 | 9:17
2 | 9:16 | 18:33
3 | 9:49 | 28:23 (long?)
4 | 9:18 | 37:41
5 | 9:03 | 46:45
6 | 9:35 | 56:20
7 | 9:26 | 1:05:46
8 | 9:24 | 1:15:11
9 | 9:33 | 1:24:44
10 | 9:12 | 1:33:57
11 | 9:31 | 1:43:28
12 | 9:20 | 1:52:49
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12.05 miles | 1:53:16 | 9:24/mi.

I did take a look at the shorts at Target while grocery shopping today. I didn't try them on, but they looked like they could be a possibility if they went on sale. (Although looking at Target's size chart now, maybe not). I wish they still carried their own brand, instead of everything being made by Champion. The Target brand stuff was pretty cheap.

On a more pleasant shopping note, National Running Center sent me a code for 15%. I went ahead and ordered my next pair of shoes along with the amphipod micropack that Alison has recommended. I thought about adding in a pair of the Moving Comfort shorts that I like. What stopped me is that I bought a pair at the Freescale Expo that fit fine except for the liner which seems to be meant for someone with a much, much larger butt than me. The shorts fit great except for that, but the big droopy butt annoys me enough I rarely wear the shorts. I'm pretty sure that the booth I got them at was NRCs, so to be on the safe side I didn't order any shorts. I don't know if the amphipod will work for my phone (as I said in comments, I think the best solution might be for the Engineer to just buy me a teeny tiny phone), but it looks like it might be better for my car key than my shorts pocket.