The temperature felt 20 degrees cooler after a small cool front moved in last night. My desire to move north grows exponentially every time I run in Houston's gawd-awful heat, so it was nice to run one last time in cooler weather.
I found another issue with the new backpack, albeit a minor problem. The Transverse 30 only has one set of load compression straps. These straps are located near the middle of the bag, which allows minor movement at the ends of the main compartment. When running to work yesterday I loaded my laptop, a couple books & magazines, clothes, food for the day, and various other items needed for 24-hours of work. There was a casualty inside the backpack; the excessive movement shredded my magazines.
Yesterday I mentioned the pack was hot and did not breathe well. The heat resulted in a small amount of dampness on the items closest to my back. It sounds like I’m unhappy with the pack, but that is not the case at all. Both of these issues are minor and easy to fix.
Before setting off on my run I realized the battery in my Garmin forerunner was dead. Apparently I left the watch on last night after syncing to my computer. The watch had enough battery life to stay on, but it repeatedly warned of “low battery” and the battery level bar was EMPTY. To my surprise the watch made it the entire run home. I’m a total nerd for numbers, so the watch working the entire time kept me from stressing out.
With no idea of how long the Garmin battery would last I decided to take a shortcut home. I ran along the bayou for the last ¾ mile. This morning I FINALLY decided to pick up the “trail snake” that I talked about earlier this week. I attached a few pictures of this morning’s run and the “snake”.
Run:
4.7 miles
50:55
10:50 pace
Walk:
1.5
25:53
15:55 pace
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