A quick trip to Michigan

Tomorrow morning we're hitting the road for a quick trip to visit my mom in Michigan while Kendall is on spring break. It'll be good to see her, it'll be a treat to get out of town, it'll be fun to criss-cross at least some of this summer's planned route, and it will be a joy to run somewhere I haven't already run a gazillion times this winter!

Before heading off on our mini vacation (during which time I will have minimal access to a computer), I thought it would be a good idea to make a record of recent revelations:

• Always try to eat a little something before heading out the door in the morning. Even if you think you're going for a short run, you seem to always turn it into a couple of hours or more. (where "you" refers to me and not the reader who is undoubtedly much wiser than this writer)
• Do not top off the gatorade in your water bottle with water even if you've just emptied the gatorade bottle and would have to go downstairs to get a new bottle then open the new bottle and pour just a little bit out of it to fill up your water bottle. Diluted gatorade just doesn't cut it anymore, especially when the supposed short run turns into the unexpected long run.
• Running partners make life oh so much more enjoyable. If they offer to accompany you on a run, say yes! Even if you're grumpy and do not believe you are fit for public consumption, a few miles with a running partner will set the world right again.
• Sunrises are glorious. Sunsets are spectacular. Running at sunrise and at sunset all in the same day is marvelous way to start and end the day.
• When bored with the same old running loops, turn onto a street or path you've never been on before, then the next new street or path, and the next. Seeing new sights and/or getting lost does wonders for alleviating boredom. It is conceivable I will have run on every street in south Boulder by the time I start out across the country.
• Running through the changing of the seasons is a marvelous past time...and watching spring blossom forth even makes one forget about the 61 consecutive days of snow ground cover we had.
• Not changing your clothes between runs when you run three times in one day saves a lot of time and laundry - but one might want to minimize one's public exposure during said day.
• When running 100-180 miles per week, one should try to remember to eat and sleep.

Time to wrap things up. Gotta finish a library book before we hit the road (still working on that remembering to sleep thing)!