Hit the road in the supposed 8 degree windchill this morning, which I'm going to call bs on, for a steady 16ish miles. I actually felt pretty good, if a tad stiff after yesterday's easy running. Hit up another 30' jog w/ skolnick after seeing Dan In Real Life at the $ theater. I rate Steve Carell's latest flick as a B-. Jokin, if you're reading this, I stopped by to check on you at the shop but no dice and it looked a tad busy I might add- almost like Gus needs to hire another strapping young shoe jockey. So with the colder weather and lack of funding I'm currently recieving, I have become interested in utilizing the public transportation in Norman. Conveniently, there is an apartment stop just up the way from my house where I can then make it over to the south oval. I assumed that this was either a free route or cost 50 cents. Turns out that even though it's a CART bus, it's only available for use by students, you can't even pay your way. This pissed me off because it effectively shuts off the bus system unless I walk the mile over to Lloyd Noble and then take that bus, which basically renders it about as convenient as riding my bike in terms of time or in the case of inclement weather. So, combine that with Jordan's sentimments on the bus being perpetually late, I have concluded the public transportation around town is seriously lacking. I did happen to catch a public forum where they addressed the updating of the CART system but it is going to be a lengthy 3 stage process that is going to take a few years to implement. THe CART site and an overview of the restructuring plan is available here. Perhaps more noteworthy is the fact that Shaggy (former OU trackie) is the official poster boy of CART and who knew he would look so ruggedly hansome with a cheap bike helmet on his head.
I hit the track this morning for some work. It was another nice morning but I can't imagine the humidity abating for long. Jordan and Meagan had matching workouts of 4-8-12-16-16-12-8-4 w/ 60 second rest. The paces prescribed were quick and I didn't run great but I tried to hang with Jordan on the middle reps. I should hopefully be able to substantially improve on my efforts this morning and maybe feel better doing it. I did something like a 200-500-1100-800-1600-1200-600-200, I wasn't happy with missing out on the first 1600 but I had to break for the restroom and I at least touched on some faster paces on the other reps. The recovery made it a pretty honest effort and I at least was able to sneak below 5:00 pace. My goal for the summer is breaking 15:00 so we'll see what happens. The picture above is my uncle's digital rendering of a wave complete with a frigate bird. I think he used only Adobe throughout the process.
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