To Manhattan and Beyond!

Or, over the Bridge and Back.

The beauty of the running forum! I suckered Craft Beer into going on a run with me this morning, to break up the grading irritation. It was only 8:40am when I left the house but, boy, was I ready for that break!

My long sleeves were clearly excessive on such a nice morning: I had been tricked by the earlier chilliness to the day. Sweating was still welcome, though. I might have a bad memory but I remember enough about the layers of last winter to enjoy being a bit too warm!

My legs weren't sore at all. They weren't even particularly tired! Even more of a testament to what I wrote about yesterday's run. The lungs are weak because I don't push them. The only thing that was at all sore was my gluts but that's a common thing now, post-injury.
Having an injury can really change one's stride. Mine must have changed just a bit, so that my gluts get more of a workout than they used to. Who knows: next time you see me, I'll have a rear that your mother warned you about!

Hah. That made no sense. Inanity is funny.

The run was a total pleasure. We talked about beer, his son, and locations of parks in Brooklyn and Queens for the whole way over the Brooklyn Bridge and back.

For such a nice day on a holiday weekend, there were few tourists out! Only 2 close encounters of the bike kind. All in all, two thumbs up.

I was having such a good time, after leaving him at 6th Ave., I picked it up the rest of the way home!

It almost made me keep running. Then I remembered that I likely just wanted to keep running to avoid grading. So I meekly stayed the course and didn't stray. About 11 on a beautiful sunny day. Sigh.

Although, if the grading keeps going this well, I might go out for a repeat tour!