I was going to run from my house to Sullivan Park and back for 8 miles, my longest run of the season so far, but I wore some of the new running tights I got for Christmas (they're an ugly maroon, but all the others were in the wash) and they were a nightmare. They're just a weird fit, and the fabric sucks, so they fit fine until I actually started running, then all of a sudden they were far too short. Short pants are the worst thing in the whole world (and I know a lot about that, because I was a rather short person until sophomore year, when I suddenly grew 8 inches and thus had no dress-code appropriate clothing to wear, because they do not make pants to fit giraffe legs). Anyway, the tights kept bunching all weird around my knees and I had to stop every mile or so to fix them and I got so fed up with them that I turned around at 30 minutes rather than 4 miles. Ended up being a good thing, because as they bunched around my knees they also rubbed them weird so by mile 6 the sides of my knees were chafing. Odd. It was an okay run though. 7 miles in 61 minutes for an overall pace of 8:45. Not fantastic, but decent. I think I will do core now, seeing as I haven't all week.
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