Hump day

This morning I ran the 8 mile Brookline loop by myself. Nate was running a workout after work, and Bromka was sleeping in, having achieved on of his goals during the State of the Union. It was a nice change actually, considering I haven't run by myself in a while. I was able to go as fast or as slow as I wanted, and running alone gives you time to think about stuff, or just chill out and not think about anything if you want. My legs felt pretty good, which I think is a result of the last two days having been pretty light. This is fine. My hope is that I'll feel good enough on Saturday to run well in the 5k.

So, about oversleeping yesterday.... I have a new routine each morning. Instead of using my radio as an alarm, I've switched to my Ipod. My clock alarm was working ok, but I got tired of hearing the same songs each morning, or the same stupid DJs talking about things that aren't very interesting. I realized that I could set my Ipod to play at a certain time, and hooked it up to my computer speakers. For the most part, this has been a great change. I get to hear really good music from really good speakers as I wake up, rather than static or bad DJs. Well, the playlist I picked a few days ago was a random mix of songs. One of the songs on it was Ravel's Bolero. Now, if you know Ravel's Bolero, you realize that the first 6-7 minutes of it are relatively soft. Not the best thing to get you out of bed. So, I didn't wake up until about 8 minutes into the song when the music finally starts to pick up. Guess I learned my lesson. Classical music is great, just not great to wake you up.


To listen to Ravel's Bolero (which is excellent), click here.