shooting star
this morning, while waiting for my GPS to sync up with the satellites, i was staring up at the stars and trying to figure out if i was looking at the big or little dipper. i did some looking around on the internet and had a few pointers but i didn’t make heads or tails of it. the cool thing was that a brief arc of light wizzed across the sky up in the general area i was looking. my guess is it was a meteorite burning up but i suppose it could have been little green aliens too.
regardless, i headed out along the glacial drumlin trail towards wales. its pretty much pitch black for the first 30 minutes of the run. as i’m rolling along, i notice a faint glow of light being cast in front of me. i turned around and saw a bright light headed in my direction. as it drew closer, i figured out that it was a cyclist out for a morning run. he whirled by with a "good morning" to which i responded the same. nothing like being polite in the wee hours of the morning.
i made the turn at 3.5 miles and paused for a bio break. (which is awful nice rather than the potential agony of city running) heading back was relatively uneventful but i did get to see the gradual brightening of the sky as the sun came up. i did catch up to another morning runner and briefly chatted with him before we headed back to our respective homes.
overall, i ran seven miles in slightly under an hour. nothing zippy, but enough to stretch the legs and work up a sweat.