Steam Heat

I got a hankering to listen to Jimmy Cliff's The Harder They Come album today after reading another blog titled "Limbo Time." I scoured the house for the CD. I know it's here somewhere, but I can't find it. I love that album. It's one of my "had it as an album and now own it as a CD too" CDs. Nice peppy reggae with sing along lyrics. It'll turn up somewhere.

In the meantime, I found The Pajama Game. I bought this broadway soundtrack last year after seeing Harry Connick, Jr. star in The Pajama Game on Broadway. I was in NYC at the time for the More Marathon. I haven't listened to it in a long time and I wasn't looking forward to today's run -- a recovery run -- so I thought, what the hell? It could spice up my run!

And spice it up it did. After two days of intense running workouts, a tempo and hill repeats, I was due for a recovery run. Recovery runs are meant to be sloooww in order to let the muscles recover. One thing you are not doing is Racing With the Clock! In fact, I would have left the clock (Garmin) at home but for the fact that I want to log the exact mileage on logmyrun.

Hey There, we've been having some Steam Heat in this part of the country all week. I wasn't able to get out early this morning, so I've been waiting all day for the sun to go down and the temperature to drop. So, this was my Once a Year Day to run at night. I still haven't truly done a nighttime run though, as it was actually dusk when I went out. There Once Was A Man who went running when it was entirely dark outside, but since I don't have any reflective running gear I wanted to play it safe and be home before it was completely dark outside.

My laps were nice and easy: 10:33, 10:11, 10:33, 10:15 for a total of 3.36 miles/ 34:59 minutes. It would have been a good run for Small Talk if I ran with a partner. I don't, but Think of the Time I Save by doing most of my runs right out the front door!

Thanks for reading my Seven-And-A-Half Cents, even if it is dorky today.