“AARRRRRR”
One can hardly complain about training in the Winter when it’s 54 degrees outside! What!? Today is Tuesday, December 9 and when I left for my run tonight around 9pm, it was 54 degrees outside. I am going to blatantly avoid discussing the underlying reality, that is, Global Warming (what? Sarah Palin does it all the time..), and choose to write about my particularly fascinating run this evening.
I typically run along the West Side Highway (I know, life is rough). It’s always gorgeous and frequented by hoards of runners, so I feel safe, even at 9pm. But tonight’s run was different, for a couple reasons:
#1 — There were tons of fisherman out tonight. I have seen a fisherman or two in my days on the piers, but tonight, there were at least 20. And they were catching stuff! One guy caught a freakin’ STING RAY! I kid you not, I saw it with my own eyes, hanging there from its line. It was crazy! Apparently there are river stingrays - I know because I Googled it so it must be true.
Another guy had a whole slew of little guys flopping around in the middle of the sidewalk. Oh, come on, really? Can’t you just put them in a bucket so we don’t have to run around them? Or smell them..or look at them..flopping around, dying in plain view. Oh well.
#2 — The city has been working on renovating Hudson River Park for at least the past 24 years and it is really starting to be beautiful! All along the walkway they’ve installed sets of large 
binoculars for tourists to get up close views of…New Jersey…ummm, ok. Anyway, I’ve never seen anyone using these expensive goggles (shocker)..until TONIGHT. And would you believe who was using them? A PIRATE! I’m sure he was scouring the seas to ensure we were all protected from any dangerous intruders that may be hiding in the dark waters of the Hudson River. Actually, he was a grown man, dressed as a pirate…in Chelsea…on the famous pier..after 10pm. Case closed.
Great run tonight. 6.4 miles in 53 minutes - good start!! Coincidentally, the first entry in my training blog. My guess is it may have had something to do with the weather. ;)
