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- run 1:29:18, 15.33 km
first day running when it was over 90. ended up doing a lot of climbing as well, around 70 feet/mile. combination: struggle bus. or to look at it differently, forced slow pace (5:50), which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

- stretch

last night

- run 49:10, 9.60 km
relaxed. did a variant of the monument/mall run that i liked better than the other one, turned around at the natural history museum. next time i run that way i'll keep going toward hains point.

- stretch

yikes dude! what happened?

i will definitely try it again. it makes intuitive sense. running is both passively relaxing, in that it is a time when i am free from distractions and able to be fully present, and actively relaxing in that it forces me to pay attention to my body in a purposeful way.

on a completely unrelated note, i'm noting more and more how learning guitar has changed the way i listen to music. i've always loved listening to music -- i pity people who don't; famously nabokov hated music -- but now i find myself trying to figure out how it's put together in a way that was never previously accessible to me. it's more interactive, in a way. and especially as i'm starting to get into jazz a little bit, it's really fun to put on like 15 different versions of the same song and just hear how different artists have interpreted it on different instruments. and to think about why a certain approach works for me more than another. never would have done that before.

DK Metcalf, who weighs over 100kg/220lbs, runs 10.36 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd73x5wNyuA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd73x5wNyuA</a>

- run 41:02, 8.14 km
beautiful evening. just my second run this week.

- stretch

i've definitely noticed the heat the last couple of runs. such a strong factor IME.

toe still pretty sensitive, limp mostly gone but still there a little. no run today either.