Day 4,430—Unofficial Official First Long Day Since the MO 100—
Start time: 8:21 a.m. Weather: Mid 70s, wind 5.8 mi/h, Humidity 77% I wanted to run for 1 to 2 hours and avoid the hills. Mission accomplished with this run. I don’t love spending a lot of time on Grant’s trail, but it is flat, and I am still dealing with pain from the race. Once I reached the end of the trail, I stopped at the Perennial on the Trail to check the hours. I have this fantasy about running for a long time and going there afterward. The sign says it opens at noon, so I could go there after a long run someday. When I made it to the end of the trail, I turned around and ran back, walking some of the way after I got a Powerade Slurpee from Quick Trip. My leg was hurting a bit, but it had gotten much fainter than yesterday. I don’t usually go this way, but as I turned to head home, I took Watson, which, for the longest time, didn’t have an adequate sidewalk. However, I noticed today that they had put in about 90 percent of this sidewalk from where I was stan...
