south of the loop

Five miles this morning! No snow this time, but plenty of wind and cold. jaq tells me I’m not allowed to complain about wind—”I mean, it’s called the Windy City. It’s in the advertising,” she says—but I’m going to anyway. Standing and waiting for the train this morning, my lower lip was so numbed by the cold wind that I felt like there was an ice pack applied to it. I kept touching it to see if it was still there, and I kept expecting to find a fat lip, because when else do you put an ice pack on your lips?

Of course, once you get going, you warm up (a little), and the run felt pretty good. We ran along the lake path from about North Ave to Belmont and then back; it’s a little more scenic and a lot less fumy than running on the south side, and it’s nice change of pace. There are lots of runners on the path, many with happy pooches alongside them. I’m actually going to move up to the next training group, because the one I’m currently in is too slow for me. And the fact that I just typed out those words, that other people are actually slower than I am, is hard to believe. Could I actually be giving up my long-held position as caboose?

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current book: Engrossed in High Tide in Tucson, but I think it may get a post of its own. It is beautiful but overwrought, and yet I can’t put it down.

current music: I tried to listen to my running mix on my iPod this morning, but my earbuds are not very well suited to running. So I caught snatches of songs here and there. Otherwise, I’m still on this CocoRosie kick, weird as they are.

current socks: Red Smartwools with a white snowflakey kind of pattern. It’s chilly out there!

 

Posted 24 February 2007

Filed under: chicago, running by admin2

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