When I'm busy with work I prefer running over cycling because running packs the most punch (calories/fat burned) per minute than any other easily accessible sport. Today is the last good day I have for working on my Magnum Opus before it is released to the public on Friday (I'll post the link here too). I decided not to ride 60 miles knowing it would take until lunch, then I'd want to sleep for two hours. An entire day, gone. I headed off to the greenway for my first 5.25 mile run since April. And it felt GOOD. I enjoyed every step of it. What I missed about running is the ability to get into a rhythm or a trance and covering the miles in blissful ignorance.

So I am excited about the transition. I'll still ride, of course, but will try to run twice a week as I did last winter. I trained for the half marathon with two runs and two rides per week. It wasn't textbook, but it worked for me. This winter I want to greatly increase my time in the half, so I may need to run three times a week.

Today I tried the fancy shmancy $15 a pair Asics socks I won in a duathlon — the kind where you have a right foot and a left foot and can't switch them around. Those socks ROCK. I forgot they were even there.

When the weather cools down, I'm anxious to try out the two pairs of CW-X Expert Tights I bought for half price at a sale this summer.