A Perfect day for 11 miles.

It rarely gets any better than this.  Saturday, no morning commitments, 51 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, and my training schedule called for an 11 mile long (slow) run.  Life is good.  I debated about using the ipod shuffle because I haven’t been using it for a few weeks.  I decided to go with the tunes this morning and it was the correct choice.  (How great is the shuffle? I went from Steve Miller to Weezer to George Thorogood to the Jackson Five).  I headed up through Royal Oak and into Clawson then over to Main street and all the way back.  I was a little surprised to see so many other runners and walkers this morning but I guess I shouldn’t have been.  A perfect day like should bring everyone out.  

Is softball cross-training?

Softball started this week.  Our team is the “fun” men’s team from my church.  We like to win and we try but we’re more interested in the camaraderie and exercise.  Nothing too serious.  Since I run about 25 miles a week I didn’t think I’d need any real adjustment to get in shape for softball.  Wrong.  Sprinting the bases apparently uses different muscles than distance running and swinging a bat definitely uses different ones.  So after the first game (which we won 26-9) I was a bit sore.  But it felt good.  I love distance running but it we great to get out on the baseball field again and hit and throw.  And catch up with some guys I haven’t seen all winter.