Feb 10, 2007
New Orange Shoes!!
The Run: 14 Miles
The Tunes: None – Just friendly conversation
The Mood: Sleepy, but the cold shock of the morning air woke me up in a snap
This mornings run started with meeting some of the NQRFPT’ers at Fleet Feet around 8am, however as the long runs start getting longer an 8am start will be come a luxury of the past.
After chit chatting for bit, we didn’t actually hit the road until 8:15. The route of choice was from Fleet Feet up to Iroquois Park. Heading out down Eastern Parkway there were quite a few complaints about the cold. For some it was the coldest temps they’ve ever ran in. Eastern Parkway is always a challenge no matter what the conditions. The rolling hills never seem that bad on the way out, but on the run back they always kick my butt.
Once we hit UofL we started to lose members of our group. Some had less mileage to do today and started turning back around the 3 mile point, other decided that they had enough of the cold crap and headed back to finish their run indoors.
Heading up Southern Parkway wasn’t too bad because we were actually running in sunlight most of the way, but by the time we got to the entrance of Iroquois I was sucking some major wind. Time for a GU break!! Todays menu consisted of Apple Cinnamon CarBoom and Glacial Blue Gatorade. One thing I enjoy about running in the cold is that your Gel’s thicken almost to the point where it gets chewy, it could almost past for solid food.
After a mid-run break we were ready to head back to the store with the main drive being the cup of hot coffee waiting for us. For some the drive was bigger than others. Terry entered into his zone and when he has coffee on the brain, nothing can stop him. Karin#1 and Leslie tried to keep up with Terry, but from what I hear he was unstoppable.
Amy and I took the trip back with a little more ease. I don’t think we necessarily tried to slow it down, but the hill by the Medical Arts building made sure that we wouldn’t set any land speed records. The rest of the returning hills on Eastern reminded me why I try not to do this route all that often, but once we could see the Bardstown Rd. intersection it was smooth sailing.
We got back to Fleet Feet and defrosted with the other runners (my hair actually froze), I noticed that new Adidas SuperNova’s were out (my one and only running shoe!!) This season's color is…ORANGE!! This is always an exciting thing for me..to see what new color the shoe will come in next. I now have owned every color of the rainbow in these shoes.
After the run we headed across the street to Heine Brother’s where we enjoyed our usual weekly post run coffee and conversation. This weeks topic included: (1) The death of Anna Nicole Smith, (2) The Britney Spears photos and who actually went online to see them, (3) The Grand Canyon, (4) Skanky clothes for little kids. As always intriguing and stimulating.
The Tunes: None – Just friendly conversation
The Mood: Sleepy, but the cold shock of the morning air woke me up in a snap
This mornings run started with meeting some of the NQRFPT’ers at Fleet Feet around 8am, however as the long runs start getting longer an 8am start will be come a luxury of the past.
After chit chatting for bit, we didn’t actually hit the road until 8:15. The route of choice was from Fleet Feet up to Iroquois Park. Heading out down Eastern Parkway there were quite a few complaints about the cold. For some it was the coldest temps they’ve ever ran in. Eastern Parkway is always a challenge no matter what the conditions. The rolling hills never seem that bad on the way out, but on the run back they always kick my butt.
Once we hit UofL we started to lose members of our group. Some had less mileage to do today and started turning back around the 3 mile point, other decided that they had enough of the cold crap and headed back to finish their run indoors.
Heading up Southern Parkway wasn’t too bad because we were actually running in sunlight most of the way, but by the time we got to the entrance of Iroquois I was sucking some major wind. Time for a GU break!! Todays menu consisted of Apple Cinnamon CarBoom and Glacial Blue Gatorade. One thing I enjoy about running in the cold is that your Gel’s thicken almost to the point where it gets chewy, it could almost past for solid food.
After a mid-run break we were ready to head back to the store with the main drive being the cup of hot coffee waiting for us. For some the drive was bigger than others. Terry entered into his zone and when he has coffee on the brain, nothing can stop him. Karin#1 and Leslie tried to keep up with Terry, but from what I hear he was unstoppable.
Amy and I took the trip back with a little more ease. I don’t think we necessarily tried to slow it down, but the hill by the Medical Arts building made sure that we wouldn’t set any land speed records. The rest of the returning hills on Eastern reminded me why I try not to do this route all that often, but once we could see the Bardstown Rd. intersection it was smooth sailing.
We got back to Fleet Feet and defrosted with the other runners (my hair actually froze), I noticed that new Adidas SuperNova’s were out (my one and only running shoe!!) This season's color is…ORANGE!! This is always an exciting thing for me..to see what new color the shoe will come in next. I now have owned every color of the rainbow in these shoes.
After the run we headed across the street to Heine Brother’s where we enjoyed our usual weekly post run coffee and conversation. This weeks topic included: (1) The death of Anna Nicole Smith, (2) The Britney Spears photos and who actually went online to see them, (3) The Grand Canyon, (4) Skanky clothes for little kids. As always intriguing and stimulating.
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