Start Time: 9/9/08, 7:00am
Location: Arlington, VA (Ballston, Clarendon, CourtHouse)
Distance: 5 miles
Average Pace: 9:01min/mile
Total Miles For September: 5 miles

After my last run, I decided to take a week off; I needed to shake the mystery crud I’d come down with, and I was also heading out of town for a few days. But, all laziness must come to an end sooner or later. Yesterday morning I got back into the swing of things by hitting the gym (40 min of rowing and 20 min of the elliptical) but today it was time to start running. I almost didn’t run at first—I could have sworn I heard a rumble of thunder while getting ready, and there are supposed to be storms later today—but apparently it was some sort of construction truck or something.

This morning was nothing terribly fancy, just easing back into hoofing it, so it was a perfectly ordinary 5-mile all over town. (Down Arlington Blvd, up Washington Blvd, down Glebe Rd, cutting across Pershing and Highland, then Clarendon Blvd and Fairfax Drive to get home. Wheeeee.) I felt a little more tired than I should have, but I was also on an empty stomach and had just been rather lazy. So, not bad.