Wet cows and water resistant earbuds.

I absolutely had a wonderful run the last two days! Sunday was such a cold day that I never expected it to warm up as fast as it did today. I got up about 6 and slowly made my coffee. I wasn’t in a big hurry this morning as it was only 50F outside. I left the house at almost 7am and headed toward the bike trail at the state park. I slowly drove past the parking lot and drove to the parking lot where I would normally turn around. My decision to run the route in reverse was nothing more than a time waster.  Sometimes running in one direction is easier or harder than the other, this trail is the same no matter which way you run it. I got myself ready and opened my car door expecting the cold air to rush into my warm car but to my surprise it was already about 60F out. The fog that was lying close to the ground had formed into wispy clouds above, obscuring the suns full strength so I expected it to be no warmer than when I left my house twenty minutes ago.

                I love running at the park mainly because of the lake.  It was calm today and provided great reflection of the trees hovering above. I came across many deer and wild turkey along the path.  I’m pretty sure all of the animals in the park are used to seeing humans. They do run away when you approach them but you can get much closer than you could outside the park. The deer would bounce off into the woods but the turkey would only move a few feet off the path and watch me run past. They leisurely moved away like I was a bother, like I was inconveniencing them.  I found it funny considering the normal turkey I come across absolutely have panic attacks if they see a human. They flap their wings, run in circles and make noise while the park turkeys give you a snotty look and move silently off to the side slightly.

                Today’s run was in the rain and I love running in the rain.  I ran 10 miles yesterday so today’s 6 felt short. These new Reebok definitely like dry pavement over wet crushed limestone as my feet would slip every so often during toe off. The bottoms of these shoes are smoother than any other shoe I’ve run in. I’m still very happy with them over all and they’re breaking in very nice. No wildlife to report other than a bunch of cows who were all enjoying the rain as I was. I don’t know if running in the rain is something primal or just a childish pleasure imprinted in the depths of my brain, but I’ve always loved running in the rain. I’ve taken precautions for my iPod and ear buds as I know they don’t like the rain. I ran with the new Sennheiser MX 75 Sport ear buds today. Well, I’ve been running with them but this is the first outing where they got rained on. They’re supposed to be water resistant and running in the rain is definitely something they can do without harm. I’ve killed several ear buds in the rain so it’s nice to have a set I don’t have to worry about.

                My Amazon package arrived today which included my Stephen Fry book and Driving Miss Daisy. This movie is a classic and I felt it was time to replace my aging VHS copy with the DVD. I actually ordered it after trying to watch it on TV. I absolutely get absorbed in this movie and as such find the commercials annoying.  I think Hulu has spoiled me as well. I’ve been watching more Hulu than TV lately and I’m getting used to the much shorter advertising times. I was going to order Spore from Amazon yesterday as well but ended up talking to a friend that had a copy installed on his XPS 1530 laptop. I don’t know if it was the amount of hype this game has been getting for literally years, but it didn’t impress me. It was fun but not so much fun that I had to have it. I liked the Sims and Sims 2, Black & White 2 is still one of my favorite games but this just didn’t live up to the hype. I have S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky preordered so it looks like my next game purchase will be a shooter. Come to think of it, I have Gears of War installed on my PC that I still haven’t played. Well, looks like I had better get started then.