November 2013

The Zanes are visiting Jonathan's father this afternoon so after a great morning together we are taking it easy and I went for a nice run.

It was very quiet on the trail and on the streets, everybody is eating turkey. On the Custis trail I saw a bird of prey picking up an animal, perhaps a mouse.

At home I chatted a little bit with Bruce.

Didn't feel great this morning. Slept 7.5 hours but just a little tired. Then we didn't have muesli so I had a sandwich instead which wasn't great either. I was due for a run but figured with the sandwich it wouldn't go well. The first 2 miles felt a bit sluggish indeed but I was actually pretty fast -- 17:30 at the water stop on Custis.

I didn't look at my watch in the end but once on 13th street I decided to go for a sprint. Felt great! Made it in 45 minutes. Feel great now.

Spent some time in the car yesterday. Was great to be running.

I ran my 6 mile course but missed the exit to Harrison to kept running a little too long on Custis, so 0.1 miles extra. Feels great. Weather was excellent so it was a fast run.

It was pitch dark tonight. We went out at 6.00 pm and it was very dark. Nora didn't mind. Her first run in a few weeks, she enjoyed it. Didn't want to wear the hat. I explained her halfway to put her hands in her pocket but she didn't really listen.

I crossed the 2012 threshold tonight, a good feeling.

I'm at 378 miles now -- one more mile and I'll be at the 2012 year-end mileage. Was a nice run, early in the morning. Saw police on the onramp of 66 at Glebe, probably checking HOV or stickers.

The Zane family is here and we're spending a nice time together. I went for a run at 9.00 am after waking up at 7.30 am. I didn't have breakfast yet and in the last mile I felt very low energy. Having breakfast as I am typing this.

While I ran at 7.00 am it felt like 8.00 am -- end of Daylight Savings Time will do that to you. So slept in nicely and then went for a fast run, felt good. Even did the 4.5 distance.

Ran with my hat on which was good. It was 37 degrees. Cold arms and hands for the first 10 minutes but then nice.