The first mile of this morning's run went well. Again, I tried my 'go slightly later' approach and that seemed to be a better solution. Even better, the sun was slightly shaded with clouds, so there weren't too many parts where I was directly exposed.
Miles 2 and 3, though, went less well. Quite a bit less well. The cloud cover -- sadly -- moved away and I was faced with full throttle sun. I was really hoping for that Mile 1 vibe to last longer. The moral of this story, likely, is to try and stick to running places that are shady, but it's almost impossible to avoid the sun entirely.
I was stiff to start today too. It would be easy to blame the weights from yesterday, but actually I think that it was more the weights combined with me not stretching properly. For next time, then, better stretching.
Last night I did manage to do the tai chi, so make that two days in a row. Whoo! I'm kind of excited for the new DVDs to show up just for some variety, though. I spent most of a summer doing the PM tai chi almost every night so it's a bit routine at this point.
w00t! Birthday run! Very diligent of you. I hope you're also doing something more celebratory. Have an awesome remainder of birthday!
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