under an azure sky.
7 miles last night in my mizuno revolvers. i thought i should get some road miles in the new shoes prior to any racing, so that is what i did. the run had an inauspitious start but got better as it progressed. it was a beautiful spring evening and once i remembered just how good life is the run improved dramatically. past 7 days: 50.5 miles.
tonight will most likely be a zero in the log book (which is fine--i haven't had a rest day since april 6th) so we can make it to ben's reception in time. but the weekend is supposed to be grand and i'm hoping to get a 14 miler in the log on sat or sun.
while i was finishing my run up in my neighborhood, i was running up our street towards the house and i saw a kid wearing really big pants. he started yelling at me to look, then he started running right at me down the middle of the street. he stopped and yelled 'hey!' and stood in the middle of the road with a weird expression in his eyes (with hands in pockets). a few years ago i'd probably laugh this 11 year old off and not put another thought towards it. but my first emotion was fear...and that really makes me mad. living in fear is no way to live. has anyone seen the new dodge advertisements showing unruly kids in school settings being satiated by a dvd player screen pulled out from the ceiling of a bus or a classroom? what did people do before they could tune their kids out? and what is this new way of parenting doing to our children?
all this from a weird 11 year old thinking it's cool to wear his dad's painting pants.
happy friday.
tonight will most likely be a zero in the log book (which is fine--i haven't had a rest day since april 6th) so we can make it to ben's reception in time. but the weekend is supposed to be grand and i'm hoping to get a 14 miler in the log on sat or sun.
while i was finishing my run up in my neighborhood, i was running up our street towards the house and i saw a kid wearing really big pants. he started yelling at me to look, then he started running right at me down the middle of the street. he stopped and yelled 'hey!' and stood in the middle of the road with a weird expression in his eyes (with hands in pockets). a few years ago i'd probably laugh this 11 year old off and not put another thought towards it. but my first emotion was fear...and that really makes me mad. living in fear is no way to live. has anyone seen the new dodge advertisements showing unruly kids in school settings being satiated by a dvd player screen pulled out from the ceiling of a bus or a classroom? what did people do before they could tune their kids out? and what is this new way of parenting doing to our children?
all this from a weird 11 year old thinking it's cool to wear his dad's painting pants.
happy friday.
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