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I'll run 3 during lunch or after work.  I actually don't feel nearly as sore today as I expected to.  It's bad, just not as bad as I expected.  A little stretching this morning loosened up the calves.  A little more this evening before and after the run will make everything a-ok.  Howabout that, a half marathon and no serious physical problems.

 

On today's sports page in the local fishwrap there was a bit about running, and how the cooler weather is good and blah blah blah. 
(Apparently Thursday is the day for the running articles.  I never noticed them before even though they're right next to the cycling notebook articles.  I tried to find the link, but www.chron.com doesn't have the particular article I'm looking for.)

The first funny thing I noticed was the picture of the stretching platforms at Memorial.  Right under the BIG BOLD LETTERED headline about how great the running was in the cooler weather was a picture of the platform with about 3 or 4 people on it.  They could have gone for a better picture.  I've seen crowds on that platform as thick as August mosquitoes--in the dead of summer--and the best they could do is get a shot of 3 or 4 folks?

Then it goes on to list some of the best running in Houston and trails and whatnot.  Good read, mostly.  The title for the Memorial Park loop was "Best Place to Catch a Dear".  Funny.  I've said before that the scenery was great at Memorial.  Turns out I'm not the only one.

Speaking of pictures in the Chron...  was that our Jessica "A Houston Runner" Rodriguez stretching in the picture under the Memorial Park blurb wearing her Asics?  I've never met her in person, but that picture and the one on her blog looked pretty similar.  Wish the local fishwrap had the article online.

Anyway, today's 3 miler will be a speed training workout.  I'm going to work on negative splits and running stuff like that.  Look at me, I'm using terms like "negative splits" like I'm a real runner and everything.