March 4, 2009

9 miles at 6:49 pace today before flying out. Missed yesterday as we almost drove into Nicaragua by accident (long story.)

I ran a whopping 44 miles in 5 days of running over 8 days total in Costa Rica. While I will miss the beauty and the time alone with my beautiful wife, I will not miss the 95 degree equatorial sun nor the terrible, fire-driven air quality. I will also gladly bid adieu to the hills, which I normally love, but after 9 of them - all bigger and steeper than the one last week in Amherst - over 5 miles, I'm done with that. I know; bitch, bitch, bitch.

Now back, I'll be going for a nice, grooving 13-15 tomorrow and oh, how I will enjoy the cold.