Ouch.

I ran my 9 miles tonight and I really struggled on it. I don’t know what it was but it was painful. I think part of it was that I was so cold. What the hell is with this state? I looked after I got back and it was like 10 degrees above freezing. I swear not all that long ago I was overheating even in the middle of the night. I guess that means I’ll have to cut short the overnight running, or at least start using the treadmill instead. Maybe I’ll join the Y over the winter since they have an indoor track… at least I think they do I’m not sure.

I shaved the beard. Yea yea yea I know, but I had a date so piss off. I can grow another beard in a couple weeks but I haven’t been on all that many dates lately so I thought it might be better if I didn’t look like a dirty homeless axe murderer. I decided to try something different instead of the cliche’ things to do and took her geocaching in Pioneer’s Park. It would either be a hit or a huge bust and it turned out pretty good (I think, I’ve been wrong before). It could have gone a little better when it came to actually finding the hidden items (we only found 2 out of I don’t know how many) but all in all it was pretty fun. The dog also had a blast since I brought him along and going to the park is just about his favorite thing in the world. I didn’t douche out as bad as I normally do on first dates (I get really really nervous) and said or did very little that I want to smack myself in the forehead afterward for. We’re going out again next weekend and I’m optimistic. Yay for optimism!