misty morning - quick 3-miles

Just a light misting rain. I wouldn't have noticed it really except for the raindrops caught on my glasses. I got up a little late and rushed to get my run in and made it a quick tempo run. My soas muscles felt slightly sore and tight but they loosened up after a mile. Pleased to see that nothing else hurt.

Last Saturday, while I waited for the rain to go away, I had downloaded several podcasts from SteveRunner.com. But the rain didn't go away so I left the mp3 player at home for fear that the rain would kill it. I would've taken the mp3 player today (tucked into a plastic bag) but I was in such a rush I barely remembered to bring my keys. At least I got to run without once stepping in a big puddle.

elephants!

Lookit this! National Geographic hooked up a live webcam at a watering hole in Africa. I got to watch a little elephant run across the screen and a bigger elephant trundle after it. Sure I could just watch nature specials on tv but there's a spontaneous joy in catching them over a webcam.

Go to National Geographic's Wildcam!

"Linking the live WildCam Africa Internet video camera from one of the most remote locations in southern Africa to a satellite hovering 22,500 miles (36,200 kilometers) above the Earth’s equator was the easy part. The challenge was how to keep baboons from messing with the camera, prevent insects from slithering inside the computer, and protect the whole setup from curious elephants."