Running on the Road

This morning I woke up at 6:15 PDT for a nice leasiurely jog. It is no small feat to this guy to get up while traveling for work and running. Usually I eat way too much, have a few beers, and never have the energy to wake up and work out. I always bring work out gear with me, but is usually stays at the bottom of my American Tourister.

Today was different. Last night I checked in early and was in my hotel room by 10 PM. I got a good night's sleep and woke up on time. I found a trail along a creek pretty close to the hotel here in Santa Clara which was pretty cool. My precious Garmin Forerunner shut down on me at mile 1, so I didn't have a real good idea of my pace, time, or distance. Turns out you have to recharge battery operated electronics....whoops. The only thing I had this morning to judge was that I returned to my room about an hour after I left so I figured I ran about 5.5-6 miles based on my average pace of 9:30/mile.

There is always one danger of running in the morning and lets just say that I was praying/begging for a port-o-john for the last 20+ minutes of the run. I made it back without embarrassment but there were times of serious concern....

There were no random thought during this run. The only thought going through my head was find a spot in the weeds or risk a jaunt back to the lobby.