Saturday, January 3, 2015

Slush Fest

Being Saturday, no need to get up early, righto?  Right on.  So, I go out at about the time ice is coating everything in sight, but it doesn't last.  Too warm, I suppose, but not so warm as to eliminate the solid wet mush at every street crossing.  Not that I'm complaining, just that at less than halfway I thoroughly soaked my right shoe, so mush, mush, mush.  Oh, and BTW, I'm high tech online now, as I took my new Galaxy 5 for the run with me.  I see that I should have recorded the details, as it doesn't save everything; whatever, here we go:

Distance:    5+ Miles
Course:    "The Leg", Div & 48th / 48th & Eastern / Eastern & 44th / 44th & Kalamazoo
Conditions:    1+ inch standing slush at road crossings, slightly crusty snow on sidewalks
Dress:    The "heavy"

The overall run was good, nice and solid in spite of the crabby, crampy beginning.  Funny thing on return was that I showered and took a nap.  When I got up, I checked my heart rate, and it was still around 100.  Not good.  I had a large glass of water and lounged for a half hour, and my heart rate came down to 75bpm, where it should be.  Was I that dehydrated?  Scary.  Again, I am too out of shape to push the rate too far.  Coming down from 44th and Kalamazoo with theme music from Requiem for a Dream on the pod, I was feeling pretty mighty, so I couldn't help myself.  When the truck threw the dark slush at me, I didn't even flinch.  Like a Boss.




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