Sunday, April 3, 2011

Reflection on the gloaming

After dawdling and distracting my way through Friday and Saturday without running, I took to the streets tonight just as the sun was floating on the horizon. Daughter No. 3 came along for company and to test out a pair of do-fer shoes handed down from daughter No. 2. D3 has a track meet tomorrow and she hasn't done much running since cross country last fall. A couple of days of practice indicate her feet have grown. We'll be shopping soon, but she needed something to get through the first meet -- doing the 800.

She stuck with me for the first mile and a half and decided to call it a night. And a night it was. Dusk was now fast approaching, but I needed to go farther, having gotten lax the past couple days. Alas, in my haste to hit the road with Moll, I neglected to grab a bag for goodies. That meant no cans. I did spot an orange stick-on reflector that had come un-stuck from something that'll be a little harder to see in gloaming now. Later I came upon yet another glove, a rather cool Hawk brand Armor Skin glove (right hand). It was hard to spot, appearing as a dark blotch in the middle of the street with little natural light left.

So I didn't return empty-handed. That always sucks. Just need to remember a bag for those cans.

Today's Stats
Temp: 82 degrees F
Distance: 4.5 miles
Weekly Total: 10.8 miles
Treasure: 1 black Hawk brand glove (right hand); 1 orange stick-on reflector.

iPod Playlist (shuffle)
Time and a Word - Yes
Minor Swing - Rachel Portman (Chocolat soundtrack)
Introduction - The Don't Be Brothers
Theme Time - The Tobasco Donkeys
T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (Fly Away) - George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
Stop - Pink Floyd
Lucky (Rap) - Joni Mitchell
Haitian Divorce - Steely Dan
Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
Back Together Again - Hall & Oates
Hoodoo Man Blues - Buddy Guy
Be Here to Love Me - Norah Jones
Till There Was You - The Beatles
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Plaid Jam - The Rogues

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