
it was cold enough to see our breath, probably bad weather for the joints, and we wound up pretty soaked, but office manager amanda and i went out running today. i didn't honestly think she'd take me up on the offer of a "rain or shine" run but the call of the exercise bug is too persuasive. besides, it gave me a chance to get out of the office, get some fresh air, albeit a little bit wet. there were hardly anybody else running (just the diehards) and the cool temperature actually made it easier to run (versus those days when it gets so hot i feel like my lungs would burst). we did the usual, from the base of the longfellow, down a stretch of the charles river shoreline, across the mass ave. bridge, down the spiral ramp, before coming to a stop and walking the rest of the way. on way back, our conversations strayed from the cause of pneumonia (i say its fecal matter!), to sunbathing in the rain, to why people would volunteer to run marathons.