I head out to Santiago, Chile tonight on "university business" so I had to get in a long run before I left (being that I will be too busy gorging myself on food, shopping and, er, going to meetings to do so in Chile). It was COLD again this morning! I have been spoiled on the other long runs with some balmy conditions. Not so this time, it was windy and 36 when Alice and I set out. The pup was a bit of a pill this morning. She seems to have developed a real sense of smell once she hit about 1 and has been distracted ever since (sounds like Maddy).
We went for 6 miles and I dropped her off and did a belt and shirt change -- it was warming up and the super heavy pseudo-vinyl shirt I use for cold weather was getting too warm. Then I headed out for the last 3 or so miles. I made a quick stop at the tanning place on the square to say hello to the nice proprietor who always always waves to me when I run by. It gives me a good boost and also reminds me not to wear too much mascara. She seemed very nice in the few second chat we had, then I was back off heading home.
Here I am after my 9.5-mile run, the pace I kept was good! About 10:10 miles. I like this particular photo because it looks like a tree is growing out of my head:
It reminds me of the fabulous picture my roommate took of me before college formals in which it looks like there is one of those old school halogens growing out of my head. I kind of looked like Whoopi Goldberg from her Star Trek: The Next Generation years:
In fact, from the forehead up I looked exactly like her. From the forehead down, well, I don't wear blue lipstick. After Labor Day.
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