- Wednesday: 7.6 miles at 9:40 pace
- Thursday: 9x800, keeping the halves as about 6:50 pace. Total distance 8.6 miles
- Sunday: 19.5 miles at 10:00 pace.
To iPod or not to iPod, that is the question. Whether tis nobler to listen to audio books, podcasts, and music, and by doing so end the trudge of 1000 miles or bear thine ears and mind to outrageous fortune and by opposing them master the art of being one with the road and your thoughts.
Well, this past Sunday during my 3 hours on the road, some in the dark, some in the half-light provided by clouds, some dry and some in an all out downpour of rain, I think I'd have gone for the iPod. More specifically, I can trace my desire for that device to one individual, the Grinch.
Before starting my run, I fired up the Grinch for the kids and the last song I heard as I headed out was the classic, "Your a mean one, Mr. Grinch," which is kinda cute for the first 10 minutes or so of a run; however, 2 hours and 50 minutes later, you start to get a little daffy in the head. No matter what I did, I couldn't get that flipping song out of my head. The only relief I had from the song was at about mile 14 when I saw a huge double rainbow that was soon followed by the huge dounpour that had created said rainbow. I got soaked to the bone. With my clothes pasted to my body and my shoes squishing during each step, I recall thinking to myself, "so there IS a difference between 'water resistant' and 'waterproof'." Anyway, I wrung out my gloves and kept on running.
So, in sum, I've been weighed, measured, and have been found wanting when it comes to matters of the mind. Give me the iPod. :-)
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