I went over to Mr. W’s yesterday because he offered to run 3 miles with me in the evening. It wasn’t as comfortable of a run, I felt a tension on my right hamstring that led up to the right side of my lower back. After the run, I just thought, “Uh-oh.”

I talked to Vicky this morning, and having run the Rock n Roll Marathon in San Diego a few months ago, she suggested I needed to run in a hat and shorts. Running in direct sunlight is a real issue to me, I usually run in the late evening to avoid sunlight. Disneyland’s half marathon starts at 6:30 a.m., and let’s just say I miraculously pick up and maintain for 14 miles my old pace of a 10-minute mile with straight running. It’d be just before 9 a.m. when I’m done, which, if present weather holds up, would be a billion degrees in direct sunlight. Glug. I don’t like running in a hat because sweat tends to collect at the brim and the trapped heat and steam bothers me. I don’t like running in shorts because they ride up. And I need new shoes and MP3 music before then to run in the “full outfit” a la dress rehearsal.