newlifeinstpaul | 2:29issshhh....????

Successfully dawdled until almost 4 PM. Which isn't an true measure of success.
Wasn't all that motivated to run either--save, of course, for the fact that I've so little time to train for my next event.

Subtracted one of my major 'helpers' during a run to test myself. Focused on my footstrike and leg raising annnnnNNND was five minutes slower than last week. Which wasn't fast to begin with.

On the plus side...? I got new socks.

So I hear there's this new trend t'ward barefoot and limited protection and THEY CAN ALL EAT MY (BLEEP) cuz let's see THOSE (bleep)A DA (bleep)'S feet when they're 50! Who's trying to run on pavement? Not me. Yeah, sure it looks like pavement, but I'm trying to run on top of somebody's couch.

Just go ahead and call them Bitch-Ass Granpaw Socks already. Screw YOU, Thorlo.

I was in SO much less pain with new socks versus my Typical Socks of Uncertain Age (some may be seven years old!) that I limp-walked back to the store after the run for four more pairs. That and the final day of a buy-one-get-one-half-price sale, anyway.

Of course, the reduced pain could have come from my sorry speed/lack of effort. Guess we'll find out...