{"id":573891904,"date":"2020-02-03T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T03:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891904"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:48:09","slug":"my-quads-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/my-quads-though\/","title":{"rendered":"My quads, though"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was beautiful. Yesterday, I mean. Sunny. Warm. The sort of day where you go outside bracing for one season and are left to marvel that you&#8217;ve somehow been transported to an entirely different season. Or that your human notions of space-time are finite and limited. Or that a different weather system has moved into your region. One of those things. Definitely the second one. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it hit 62 degrees, so I ran 6.2 miles. And, in the breeze, there was a tumbling tumble-crape myrtle. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PB_2-pGNwRU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I walked outside to run and heard that thing scratching its way down the street. So, of course, I had to follow it a while. It left the road once, and went deep into someone&#8217;s yard before stopping, such was the breeze. I retrieved it, put it back in the middle of the road and it blew around some more. I&#8217;d managed to walk five or six houses down the road before I decided I had enough footage to make that oh-so-compelling video. You can cover a pretty decent distance if you&#8217;re busy staring in a viewfinder. Or at your phone screen. There&#8217;s probably a lesson in there somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Just a lovely run. Started too strong. Stayed fast. I dropped almost five minutes off of my last 10K over the same course. And I thought that one felt good. It must be the shoes.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb20\/feb01.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now I just need them to make me fast. <\/p>\n<p>So it was sunny and warm yesterday. Today it was almost warm and overcast, so I only ran a 5K today, faster than I have in a good long while. And now I&#8217;ll let my legs rest a bit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are we padding this out<\/strong> with tweets? We are padding this out with tweets.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9KMLaJd4c\">https:\/\/t.co\/s9KMLaJd4c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nsVWTJbUVD\">pic.twitter.com\/nsVWTJbUVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1224120504015032320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Zaghrouta zaghrouta &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/My47STM1Ia\">pic.twitter.com\/My47STM1Ia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1224171924017897472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, look there! It&#39;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUSTVsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUSTVsports<\/a> contributor and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUMediaSchool?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUMediaSchool<\/a> alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mackenziesalmon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mackenziesalmon<\/a> at the Super Bowl with her new gig at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L5jkK9HMxy\">pic.twitter.com\/L5jkK9HMxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1224407912648495104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was beautiful. Yesterday, I mean. Sunny. Warm. The sort of day where you go outside bracing for one season and are left to marvel that you&#8217;ve somehow been transported to an entirely different season. Or that your human notions of space-time are finite and limited. 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