Subject: RE: 2.13.15 Triskaidekaphobia Friday!5:15 AM 1:11 run with a bunch of half-mile tempo pickups. Wished I'd had time to take some pictures, or a Go Pro, as my route is so weird this time of year. My riverfront running area has been transformed for Tet into a mock-up of a Vietnamese village with temporary rice fields and huts. The other side is a shopping mall and upscale shops and cafes. It all looks really odd in the floodlights before dawn. Once the riverside lights go off I head off with my headlamp for a big, empty street I call the "runway" where exercisers congregate until it gets light, because a few streetlights stay on for the duration. (For some reason, no one's thought of keeping all the lights on until everyone can actually see where they're going. )
PM 35 minutes of strength stuff at the gym, then lots of cat wrangling while trying to pack.
Off to the US for ten days, killing time now in Tokyo airport. No training today. (Maybe humping a bag out to the main road in search of a taxi at 3:XX AM counts as strength training? ) Hoping for a long run at home tomorrow or Monday. |