The last days of summer

9/27/2010 - Foot still hurting a bit and homework.
Miles: 0

9/28/2010 - Raining today, so I couldn't hold myself from getting out and running some laps under the oak trees at cambridge commons. Running in the rain is our reward for putting in the miles all those other days. It will never cease to be pleasent, enjoyable, cathartic, and confidence inspiring.
Miles: 3.5

9/29/2010 - A nice short run with Jeff around cambridge commons, keeping the foot happy.
Miles: 3.5

9/30/2010 - It didn't look like I'd get around to running, but I was feeling pretty shitty, so I took off for the closest >20 story building I could see. Getting out felt great and for a once in a while I felt like exploring. It was a great warm day, perhaps the last of summer. Made it down into the BU campus, crossed the river at MIT and back. No foot pain either.
Miles: 6

10/1/10 - Rain looming all day. Started out almost 80 degrees, the last hurrah of summer. Wore my blue on white flower print shorts from Thailand and flip flops. The day ended up below 40 by the evening. Kinda felt like running, but didn't get around to it. QFT makes more sense now, though.
0

10/2/10 - A day so nice, I couldn't get any work done. Cool, but bright and sunny. Reminded me of January in Socal. A nice run west along the charles in the afternoon, moderate.
Miles: 6

10/3/10 - A bit hung over and feeling slightly sick, quite cold and windy. Went to the climbing gym. It was worth the hour long trek out there, but I wasn't left for any time for running.
Miles:0


Weekly Miles: 19

I think California is a mindset, not really a place that actually existed. It's a place that's so big and geographically diverse. It begs exploration. Every valley, every mountain, every mile of coastline is different. From Caltech, if you head 100 miles in each cardinal direction, think about where you land. To make it more dramatic, make it late Februrary. Drive 100 miles to the south and you are in San Diego, forever warm and sunny. Drive 100 miles to the North and you in one of the most beautiful high deserts in the US with poppy fields about to bloom and turn the horizon orange. Drive 100 miles to the East and you could be in idyllwild, having a cup of hot chocolate as giant snow flakes fall on towering evergreens. 100 miles to the West, well, you stop somewhere north of Malibu, where rolling green hills dotted with yellow flowers meet the ocean with white sand and palms. This February, if you are in L.A. with a car, try this, one day a weekend for a month.