1/2 Marathon Training: Week 3, Run 2
This morning's run was my coldest so far of my training. "Cold" = low 50s, which I know many of my running pals out there in Chicago & Seattle will scoff at and rightfully so. But it is what it is. I was already very warmed up, though, when I hit the road, so it was no big deal.
It was another pretty slow-placed run ... 25 minutes, 2.11 miles, 11:40-mile average pace. My legs were in a good amount of pain from lunging their little hearts out, so I just kind of took it fairly easy and tried to run on the grass as much as possible.
I don't even know what else to say about this run except for (broken record) PELICANS! It is hard to explain what the sight of all these pelicans is doing to me. Did you know that the underside of the wings of these big, bright, white, gorgeous pelicans is dark black at the tips? And that in addition to giant white pelicans, there are tiny, minature baby pelicans? I swear, I would run every morning of my life at this ridiculous early hour just to behold the splendor of these pelicans. They'll be gone soon enough, but I will never forget what it has felt like this week, running alongside them.
I tried to find a good picture of what they look like ... this comes close ... multiply the ones in this photo by about 100 and that's what it's like ... this video is also a nice capture of the pelicans in action ... and here's a nice slideshow. And here are a few more shots of what they look like all huddled up together, which is how they've been lately. Seriously, they are too much! I am so in love with them that my heart can barely take it. If I slow down a little to get a better look at them or to linger near them a little longer, so be it! They are worth it.
Today's Best Running Song: Moulin Rouge finale.
It was another pretty slow-placed run ... 25 minutes, 2.11 miles, 11:40-mile average pace. My legs were in a good amount of pain from lunging their little hearts out, so I just kind of took it fairly easy and tried to run on the grass as much as possible.
I don't even know what else to say about this run except for (broken record) PELICANS! It is hard to explain what the sight of all these pelicans is doing to me. Did you know that the underside of the wings of these big, bright, white, gorgeous pelicans is dark black at the tips? And that in addition to giant white pelicans, there are tiny, minature baby pelicans? I swear, I would run every morning of my life at this ridiculous early hour just to behold the splendor of these pelicans. They'll be gone soon enough, but I will never forget what it has felt like this week, running alongside them.
I tried to find a good picture of what they look like ... this comes close ... multiply the ones in this photo by about 100 and that's what it's like ... this video is also a nice capture of the pelicans in action ... and here's a nice slideshow. And here are a few more shots of what they look like all huddled up together, which is how they've been lately. Seriously, they are too much! I am so in love with them that my heart can barely take it. If I slow down a little to get a better look at them or to linger near them a little longer, so be it! They are worth it.
Today's Best Running Song: Moulin Rouge finale.
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