Ahh, the joys of home ownership...

So I missed my run yesterday for a couple of reasons, but mainly for one. Yesterday morning Amy and I were deciding what to have for breakfast and planning our day when Amy discovered a large puddle of water in our basement. She called me down to take a look and I discovered our hot water tank was leaking....not good!!! After calling a few people for guidance and a shop vac at 7AM on a Saturday (Thanks Dad, Jacob, Brock, and Henry), and Veridian (the rip off energy folk) I had to shut the water off and the power to the tank. Needless to say by the time Brock, Jacob, and I got the water all cleaned up, the contractor came and replaced the tank, and I cleaned up their mess I was in no mood for a run.

Now, I suppose I could have gone later in the day, but number one, I was spent, and number two the Colts were hosting the Chiefs in one of the weekends AFC wildcard playoff matchups. What kind of a fan would I be if I didn't watch the game...plus it was raining ;-).

Okay, enough excuses. Here's the deets for today's primo run...
Outdoor - 4 degrees, slight wind 6km/h
No warmup today, just stretching as I spent most of the morning warming up by doing work around the house.
Run - 50:11 - 5.25 miles (just under 8.5km) - avg speed = 9:34/mile
Cooldown - 15:25 - .83 miles (1.4 km)

My cooldown was great today as I was joined by my wife, Amy. Thanks baby!

I also just wanted to mention the phenomenon that I am going to call the runner open hand wave. It seems to be that when you pass another runner, it's customary to give them an open handed 5 finger spread of a wave...it seems crazy, but everybody seems to do it...must be some kind of secret runner code...I'm not sure, but I've jumped on the band wagon.

Next up...the Baltimore Ravens!

Will
(as Will is exiting the blog, he is flashing you the runner open hand wave...picture it)