Easter Sightings at Memorial Park

Ahh, the cool weather approached like a hot air balloon on a clear day: surprising and not altogether unwelcome. And how did I spend this cool Easter morning? At Memorial Park.

What was spotted around noon at MP:
1) Me! I was jogging! I completed 10 miles - 9.4 of jogging, .6 of walking/cool down. My weekly total is 19 miles, which is the most I've done in almost 4 months. I tried hard for 10, but my longest long run has been a mere 6, and my knee didn't like the large leap in mileage. At 9 miles, my knee started twinging. At 9.3, my knee starting pinging (that's what I call the blips of pain with each step). At 9.4 I decided to not hurt myself and I walked back to my car. Next weekend I should be up to 10 on my weekly long runs. Soon I hope to be up to 13 and I want to maintain 13 until the end of July, in which I'll slowly start adding miles until I'm up to 18 on my long runs.

2) A strange man running in a Speedo-type bottom. And he should not have been wearing a Speedo-type bottom. (a) It was too tiny (b) he was not a small man and (c) it was dark brown and matched his skin so from a distance it looked as if he were naked.

3) A homeless woman walking straight into a brushy area at the corner of Memorial and Shepherd. As I approached the brushy area, I couldn't figure out where he disappeared to. There were no paths to the bayou.

4) Lots of dead earthworms. It rained yesterday.

5) Lots of mud.

6) The same homeless person walking in the median of Memorial. She's as stealthy as a ninja.

7) Lots of families taking gentle walks.

Overall, very pleasant experience.

The rest of my Easter will be spent in Pearland (with my family at my sister's) and Clear Lake (I'm staying the night at the Bride's since I have a very important appointment in that area at 7am).

And since today marks the end of Lent, allow me to celebrate. For the past 40 days I have had no fast food, no candy, no cookies, no cake, no chocolate. And I decided to have chocolate today: in the form of a gu at mile 6. :) Now I'm going to see how long I can last not having the rest of the stuff (challenge!).

Cheers!