I drove to the Y this morning. I was listening to the news and they were talking about some rocket launch which I had assumed happened some time last night. As I turned at the stop light I saw in my rear view mirror a long zig-zagging contrail which finally ended in an arcing shape. The contrail was oddly illuminated in the still dark sky. Looks like the rocket launch (a Delta 2 carrying a gps satellite) had just happened. It was quite a sight. Made it to the Y, warmed up on the bike for 10 minutes, followed by two sets of crunches on the ball. Ran 1.5 miles at about an 8:30 average pace, then was ready to head outside. Warm but not too warm out. Ran 6.5 miles @ 7:35 average pace. Saw some of the cross country team out running. Back inside, for another 2 miles on the treadmill with some treadmill style striders thrown in for fun. Finished with 3 sets of leg extensions. As I was leaving to go to work, I saw this very strange looking bug outside the front door. It was about the size of a lizard.
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