Day 4,499—Peace and Frustration—
Start time: 5:32 a.m. Weather: Low 80s wind 3.6 mi/h, Humidity 77% It was one of those mornings that I was awake and doing things, but I was so out of it I couldn’t register much. I was thinking maybe I would run 4 today because I was sore and didn’t feel like doing much. Also, my toenail is in the process of falling off, and my cat bumped it first thing in the morning, and it hurt so much I wanted to scream, but there I was outside running downhill a little after 5:30. I saw the people working on the road, and I was impressed with how quickly they seemed to get the road functional again. I went across the train track to the cemetery because I didn’t feel like running around other people or cars. I just wanted to be by myself as I struggled through the run, but I wasn’t watching my pace; I was listening to my favorite podcast. I thought about how thick the brush had gotten since I did this las...
