Orange Street Loop

This was a decent run, sort of a modified tempo outing on the Orange Street Loop, completed in 27:24. I started at a trot, speeded up gradually through the second half mile mile, pushed the second mile, and then cruised in, with splits of 9:31, 8:47, and 9:06. I was slightly hampered by mismatched shoes; I had a relatively new, size-10 running shoe on my right foot, and a size-10 1/2 walking shoe on my left. The running shoes have about 200 miles on them. The walking shoes are the only shoes I have worn daily since early April. I knew something was wrong when, after about half a mile, I realized my left foot was flopping around a little and the Dr. Scholls deal had shifted forward.

I walked the Levy Loop yesterday evening in 29:29, and the Ghetto Cat Loop this morning in 29:18.

The Green Bay Packers advanced to the Democrat Football League playoff semifinals with a 162.95-101.49 crushing of Krup's Kids. Next we play the top-ranked team, Dead Elway, a team we beat by .74 points four or five weeks ago. Good news is that one of its star wide receivers, Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, hurt his knee last night. I don't think it's serious, but remain hopeful. Our game's winner will play the winner between the Fat Chicks (Walt Webb) and the Purple People Eaters (Kane Webb)* in the DFL final. The winner there will play the DFL 2 champion in the Cooper Bowl.

*my nicknames for these teams are Dead Meat, Fat Bitches, and Purple-Headed Cock Eaters.