What a great morning of running. My last long run before the 12-hour race on 7/8/06. I was so pumped to get out there I woke up an hour early and got out on the trail at 4 am. Yes, you read that right. I pulled out my headlamp which I hadn't used since the 50 mile race and it just fit like a glove. It is always surreal running with that LED gently shining the way.

I didn't see a single soul for the first 8 miles, just pure bliss. Then, everyone started coming out for their weekend runs. I always enjoy seeing other people out on the trails. It's just nice to know that there are other kindred souls out there.

To top off a perfect run, it started raining about mile 16 and there was a nice steady rain that really did the trick in cooling me off. Heck, I was already drenched with sweat so what's the difference. I finished off the last 4 miles and hopped back in the car to get on with my day.

All in all, it was a really rejuvenating experience. One of those that you wish could go on forever, but you know that you need to end before things turn sour.

Helped out around the house this afternoon, moving bookshelves around and vacuuming. Going to reward ourselves by watching some acrobat dancers lunge off the Intel building shell that they're going to demolish soon to put up a new Federal courthouse.

Tomorrow, we're making plans to head out and do some toobing. (That's floating down a river on some floatation device for you non-Texans.)