Lake Michigan at Sunrise

Lake Michigan at Sunrise

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Two a days... sort of?

I woke up this morning expecting to be filled with the spirit of Haile Gebrselassie in my legs after eating some tibs last night. Sadly, I am not like Kirby and assume the powers behind what I consume.

A downside to doing an evening run when all your runs are in the morning is that when you go back to your normal time the next day, it is almost like doing a two a day. I knew it was a pretty quick turn around for a run time when my beanie  hadn't fully dried yet. I finished my run yesterday at about 6pm, and was out this morning around 5:45am. I wasn't too worried as it was a recovery/easy run day.

The sunrise actually beat me this morning, as it took me a long time to get ready for some reason. I did nab a couple shots of the sunrise, but my phone didn't grab the depth of the colors that makes is peaceful.
Time to make the donuts!

The weather app said it was 51 degrees, but the air felt a bit more brisk than that.  The lakefront path was mostly populated by the Elijah Running Club and a few morning runners.

I went out with the task of thinking of fun things to do today, as asked by my wife.  For some reason, I have a hard time focusing on specifics when I run. I started to try to think of some places/things to do, when suddenly its two miles later and I had last myself in my run, but if I just want to ramble or have random conversations with myself, I can do that easily.

I got back from my jog, only to be locked out of my building.  The radio key that residents swipe at the door wasn't working at the front or the back, uh oh! My wife has her phone on silent, so my rings for help went unheard, and buzzing our unit risks waking up our daughter.  So I sat and waited.  I had about 10 minutes left now before my daughter usually wakes up, and I'm starting to get worried, when another resident shows up, has the same issue.  Thankfully, his girlfriend is awake and comes down to let us in. SAVED!

Now the real challenge, get a few options on the table for today!

What fun things are you doing today?

8 comments:

  1. Pretty impressive that you did back to back runs with less then 12 hours in between-- today is turning out to be a whole lot nicer than I expected!! I did 10.5 and my speed was was faster then I though it would be--! Enjoy the day!!

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  2. thanks! Just glad I don't feel any extra strains/pains so far!

    The weather is way nicer than I expected. They were still saying like 57 at the beach today (I'm right near the beach), so I was a little depressed, but It is sunnier and warmer! woo! Enjoy your day as well and great job on the miles!

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  3. Night running just throws me off. Glad you didn't have to wait outside your building too long!

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  4. Sorry to hear about you getting locked out but thank god for the other resident that came by to let you in! Once when I was much younger I would do two runs a day - once in the morning and once at night. Now my body can't handle that - although when I am very motivated I'll do a run AND some other workout (usually yoga) at another point in the day. Gorgeous picture, yet again!

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  5. Getting Locked out is probably my biggest fear. I miss the days where I could leave my keys with the front desk... now I have to run with keys so I only run with the key to my unit instead of the main door in the lobby. Have had to wait a few times to get let in.../

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  6. Yeah, once you get in the habit of a certain time, a 12 hour shift introduces a lot of new variables - food in your stomach, people on the path, etc. The doors were fixed pretty promptly thankfully!

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  7. I wish I could do two runs a day, maybe a legit run in the morning, and a light jog in the afternoon just to shake off the work from my body.


    I'm thinking of doing wii fit yoga to help make my evening stretches funner!

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  8. Was not expecting it at all! I guess I should have property management in my contacts, womp! I break up my keys to limit the jingles. Sometimes I think they fall out of my pocket after I stop noticing them! Another big fear.

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