Cool, Crisp Sunrise

St Croix Valley Runners 5 mi in 42:06, pace 8:25. Wonderful day for running, with the sun rising bright orange on the horizon as we ran toward it. How splendid! We did have to make sure to stay out of the way of cars whose drivers might be blinded by that sun, however. Temp was about 20 degrees, nice and crisp, not much wind.

Unfortunately, I felt quite lethargic and clumsy this morning. Is that the thalidomide talking? Or just the effect of 40 miles in the previous week? I’m thinking the thalidomide. I’ll skip tonight’s dose, hoping for a good time in tomorrow’s 8k. Running today: Luke, Jim, Art, myself, Roy, Paul, George, Gauss, & Dave. Also New Dave, who ran for a while with Luke & Jim, then disappeared around mile 3.5 or so. Nobody knows where he went. Those of us who followed behind never saw him. Wrong turn in the Liberty addition? A new runner could easily take one wrong turn there and be quite lost. We did search a little for him by car afterward, but no dice. Sure hope he’s OK!