An almost perfect ten

A consistent sleeping schedule still eludes me...I woke up at 3am this morning to the sound of my AC blasting cold air at me. It took about an hour of tossing and turning for me to fall back asleep. Just as I was settling into a rather nice dream, my alarm starts blaring at me. It was 7am. I debated on whether or not I should just turn it off, roll over and resettle into my sleeping bliss, but then I remembered that today was the day that Amina and I were going to attempt to run our longest distance yet - 10 miles. So I threw back the covers, walked into the kitchen and grabbed a piece of bread and water and started eating my 'breakfast'. I need to go grocery shopping badly. I then walked to Amina's door and knocked, only to hear her mumble something incoherent to me. I responded with a cheery "Good morning...you ready to run?" hehe.

So here is how the rest of the morning went down:

We left at 8am and headed to the reservoir. Temperature check showed a balmy 74* with 80% humidity. I was dripping with sweat by the time we passed The Publick House. A quick water stop at DD set us up for a quick tour of the reservoir. While at DD we took out the Gu and downed it. Belgian chocolate is apparently a primary ingredient and I have to say, it actually didn't taste half bad. Once we sped through the reservoir, we headed back toward Harvard street, stopped off at SB for some more water and ran down Babcock to Comm Ave. Another H2O stop at another DD where we saw the cutest little guy (couldn't have been older than 3 or 4) in a power rangers outfit and green rain boots. I smiled at him and he flexed his muscles and stared us down. I think he was flirting. Ah, they start so young these days.

Back out on Comm Ave, we headed past Paradise (MGMT is sold out) and over the BU footbridge onto the Esplanade. We headed to the Mass Ave bridge, crossed it to Cambridge and ran toward the BU boathouse where we paused for another water stop. This was the last leg of the trip and can I just say, I was tired. I think I should have brought one more Gu with me. But I shuffled along back over the BU bridge to Comm Ave (pausing yet again for water at the BU gym) and back home. I won't post the total time because it is longer than I would like to admit, but I felt so good once we were done. I had a bit of foot pain - my right arch cramped up on me about 1/2 mile from home, but other than that, it was a beautiful run.

This afternoon, I am off to Marathon Sports to buy a new pair of shoes...