I have learned the hard way which shirts I can wear running. I’ve worn too many cotton shirts that just shred me. I have a lot of sports shirts that are not cotton and dry rather quickly. So I have the top half covered, but I continue to run in my heavy all-cotton shorts that I bought at Costco many years ago. They rub me the wrong way. I don’t like that. I finally broke down and ordered some real (non-cotton) running shorts. They should be here sometime on Wednesday, so I probably won’t be able to use them till Thursday. Hopefully today was my last run in the old busted joints.

I had a rough time getting going today. I couldn’t find my rhythm for anything. I have a lot on my mind right now (job offers and possibly moving away from San Diego) and I really need a good run to help work through some of it. I wound up walking up most of the first hill, but found my footing after that. I ran pretty well almost all the way to the turn-around at the 5k mark. Like so many other times, I let myself walking a lot after that, but I did get back in step and jogged almost the whole way up the big hill on Del Mar Heights Road. I only broke down into a walk for a few seconds, then got right back to jogging. I brought it home strong and wound up getting my 2nd best 10k. Imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t walked that whole first mile.