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Safely off the airplane and back on home turf. As much as I didn’t want to leave, I have to admit that it’s nice to be back in San Francisco. The trip to Nashville was too short, but it will be nice to sleep in my own bed

5.25 miles in 54:17 today. I did the first half at under 160bpm then cranked it up to 175-180 for the last half. I’m starting to learn to relax into a longer stride and lean forward so that I’m always falling forward and catching myself, just

…but of course it didn’t occur to me until today. When A. drove me home last night she asked me whether I consider myself to be a Buddhist or a Christian, instead of the meandering long-winded answer I gave I should have simply said, “I consider myself bisectual.”

6.0 miles today, the farthest I’ve ever run. And I did it in 56:52. I paid attention to my heartrate, but those last two miles were real tough for me and I was up to 180 for most of it. I kept my heartrate closer to 160

5.25 miles, 53:53. Took 3 minutes off of the first time I ran this course. That makes me feel real good. I also kept a close eye on my heartrate, tried to stay down closer to 165, but I did catch myself up at 170 and even 175.

I read a Star Trek novel recently. Or actually, I’ll admit to reading two of them. The first was pretty decent low-rent entertainment. The other was horrendously bad. I’m trying to think up a term for an entire cast of characters that are reflections of the author’s

Today while running, I saw a woman wearing a pink dress and a matching pink iPod mini. I hate to admit it, but that was really damn hot.