11 miles in 1:30

Great run tonight. I wasn't exactly feeling up for it, but I brought
along my iPod with a This American Life podcast to encourage myself to
stay out for 60 minutes. I wandered northward, across The Circle, and
ended up on Solano Ave, in the bougie part of town. Down Solano with
the sun in my eyes, to the Greenway, and back downtown via Ohlone Park.

I was dragging a little bit less by this time and when the podcast
ended, inspired from yesterday, I put on some Judas Priest. The uptempo
songs had a refreshing effect on my legs, and I picked up the pace and
decided not to turn back home. After Priest, I put on some Assuck in
honor of tomorrow's trip to Tampa and continued southward into Oakland.
It's been a while since I didn't want a run to end, and the feeling was
a good one.

Since it was getting late, and I know that it's not a good idea for me
to go on spontaneous 15 mile runs, I decided to turn home by 55th St.
My legs were starting to ask "are we there yet" as I approached home,
but with an act of will I pushed myself a few blocks past home to bring
the run up to 90 minutes. The topologically complex route is here.

Perhaps, as Reba suggested and Kurt Vonnegut did not warn me, living in
Northern California is making me soft. In any event, I am not bringing
my running shoes on my 5 day trip to Florida, where it is currently 190
degrees.