Miscellany

Today's run: 9 miles of General Aerobic at 8:24 pace

Any pretense that Sunday's running didn't kick my ass was long forgotten today, as I felt like these nine miles were remarkably difficult. Part of that was the harsh headwind on Marina Green, along same route I waxed lovingly about last week. I must have turned it up a bit with the tailwind on my way back, since my pace does not reflect my feeling of lethargy.

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I crossed paths with K-Star Monica again.

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The impact of yesterday's softball practice was not as profound as last Tuesday, but it was certainly there. Today, I had lunch with Thomas (and a poor co-worker who was submitted to almost nothing but running talk), who explained that it wasn't actually the glute, but I can't remember what muscle he said it was. Thomas also reminded me that the onset of muscle fatigue can be delayed by a day or so, which explained why I had energy to run around yesterday at softball practice, chasing down flyballs and roaming into the outfield to receive cut-offs, but not today on my 9 mile run.

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I took note of both the South End Rowing Club and the Dolphin Club which are somehow related to the DSE, sponsors of Sunday's race.

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A few post-scripts on Sunday's race:

• Photos! Or, at least one: No Shirt Guy, before I passed White-Shirt Guy
• I came in 15th.
• Senior guy was 62 years old, and finished 14 seconds ahead of me
• Bead-necklace guy was 35 years old, and finished 4 seconds ahead of me
• My actual time was 41:39, not 41:35.

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Tomorrow is a Recovery run. I never thought I'd be grateful for one of those!