sweat equity

The clothes I took off this morning after my run fell to the floor with a thump. The sound signaled the end of a great run, well make that an almost great run. I decided to head out this morning sans water bottle as I know some fountains along the route that should keep me hydrated and the morning is usually cooler. Starting out was cool, but the humidity was high. I felt great watching all the businesses getting ready for the day and the traffic starting out light and turning heavy, kind of like the movie Koyaanisqatsi the rhythm of the city kept my feet moving. I wound my way to the first water fountain about 30 minutes into the run and I pressed the button, no water, “okay” I thought. “I’ll just try the other.” The other fountain was clogged and filled with water, so unless I wanted to dip my face in the water as I drank, I wasn’t getting any. I guess I wasn’t that thirsty because the second option was not appealing. I still felt pretty good and knew positively that there would be a working fountain half way through the run. This part of the run is my favorite because it’s on trails. I could tell UT had wound down as I only passed a few people, usually there are quite a bit more out there. Reaching the fountain at the halfway point was just in time. I probably spent a minute drinking all I could before heading back. I snaked my way back through the trail passing dog walkers and their dogs who would trot along with me for a bit and then look back at their owners and with what seemed like a shrug, headed back to them when their invisible leash tugged at them. I diverted my route back somewhat to pass another park that I knew had a fountain and drank it in again. When I reached the end of my run I felt good, but ready to finish and had slowed down a tad, until that is, I saw the light turn green by my house, if I didn’t catch the light it would be a long wait so without even thinking my legs kicked it up a few notches and I flew through the light. I guess I had more juice in me than I thought, it felt good.