Hill today

I realized that I need to have my hill work in the middle of the week. If I'm going to do my long run on the weekend and have enough recovery time, and considering the number of times I have to get in to work early and fly out in the early evening on Fridays, Wednesday seems like the best day.

I got out for my 4-mile hill run this morning, and felt pretty good. I'm not keeping a watch on my training runs at this point, just running at what feels like the right pace. As I get back into the kind of shape I can be in, I'll start timing myself. The temperature was around 44 degrees when I got out, and the rain hadn't started yet. The rain started in earnest while I was on the Ferry. The temperature is supposed to drop through the day and the rain is supposed to change to snow, with accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. Glad I got out this morning.

While I was going up the long hill at around 5:45 this morning, I heard something that sounded like a car starter turning the engine without it catching. As I got closed, I realized that it was a rooster and, to confirm that fact for me, as I passed the house, the bird began crowing. Right here, in the middle of the most urbanized, densely populated area of the country, somebody's got a rooster crowing at 5:45 am. I'll bet that makes them popular with the neighbors.

I got The Perfect Mile from the Library the other day. I am enjoying it immensely--I started reading it on the train home Monday night, only have time to read while commuting, and am nearly finished.