Ran at about 8:15 pm after a full day of work and a visit to Roger’s garden and to the kitties.  I was surprised that the 1/4 was so slow.  I ran the same distance as usual—to the school track and back with pull-ups at the elementary school.  This time, though, I was with the boys.  They were riding their bikes.  I ran the course in about 25 minutes because I didn’t fiddle around with the pull-ups, or with the sprint—I didn’t think pause to consider anything.  I was thinking about the boys all the time.  They kept me occupied.  I have been trying to get them accustomed to stopping, looking, riding straight, on the right side, etc…
I was still in my work clothes:  shorts with ground is dirt and fresh dirt, terribly brown socks, a black layer of dirt that had turned to mud on my legs…the usual.  I didn’t catch anyone’s eye so I’m not sure what they might have thought when they would see a dirty dude jogging with a couple kids on bikes.
Today’s results tell me that working a day does, in fact, wear a person out.  I was certainly not expecting to achieve such a poor result. The main thing is that I got a good work out.  Very tired, very sweaty…and a great time with the boys.  We got back to the house, I took a shower, they cleaned up their legos, they took showers, the usual stuff…but it was fun.