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This past weekend I was again in Long Island – this time, with a group of my oldest friends from high school, to celebrate our collective 30th birthdays. After a much harrowing Friday afternoon working and worrying I wouldn’t be able to catch our ride (turns out everyone was delayed), we finally made it out to Mattituck by 9.30pm. Not bad, considering our last pick up was around 8… Saturday morning the light streamed in, woke me up at 5.30, but thankfully I was able to get a bit more sleep before being woken up by a friend who wanted to take a run.

WEEK 2, RUN 4: 7 miles
Three of us started out at about 7:45; it was perfect weather. Warm, sunny, but breezes and shade from nearby trees. The streets were mostly empty, a couple of cars going to tag sales in the neighborhood. It felt so wonderful to have escaped from the humidity and grit of the city, and to have people running with me (at least, for the first two miles). I had no way of tracking my mileage, so I started just running by time: I wear a lightweight watch band and assess my runs by time, i.e., - running 7 miles, I made myself run for 70 minutes. Sure, this was probably more than 7 miles, but its less stressful than trying to map out streets I don’t know on google before heading out. I may consider plugging in my Nike run into my ipod/shoe again, but still need to find it… Either way, it was a great run. I felt energized, happy, calm, peaceful, just pretty zen. Back to the house, and I was ready for breakfast and our day of wine tasting!