4 Down, 415 To Go

The first run is in the books. Here are some interesting thoughts I had while running four miles at 5 AM today:

• "Ahhhh ... quiet."
• "The moon is beautiful."
• "I'm in charge of dinner tonight. What should we have?"
• "I can't wait to be doing this through the streets of Chicago in the daylight."
• "Running figure-8s through an undeveloped phase of my neighborhood is already quite monotonous."
• "Did that rock just move? Was that a frog?" (It was indeed a frog. I managed to avoid stepping on it.)
• "The birds are awake now. I hope I didn't wake them earlier than they're used to."

So ... check out the details of the run at the link above (only if you want to), and remember: I'm going to be running this marathon for charity. Whenever I've run enough training miles to satisfy your philanthropic (or sadistic ... but still philanthropic) side, consider making a donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation here.

Tomorrow is 5 more miles...