The Break of Dawn

Actually it was well before the break of dawn when I got up and at 'em this morning.  I set the alarm clock for a quarter after four knowing that I would hit snooze a couple of times before I could actually get up.  I was right...two snooze hits and I was up at 4:33 in the AM.  For some reason I slept fitfully, waking up every hour or two last night.  Maybe it was in anticipation of the journey that I would embark on in the morning.  Or maybe I just slept funny.  At any rate, I got up in time to go for my first run in years.
At about 4:45 I left the house.  I haven't really run for a long time so I decided that I would go for a nice easy run.  5k it was...easy - well, not super easy.  The best runners in the world run 5k in 14 or 15 minutes.  I didn't quite hit that time.  I missed it by about 16 or 17 minutes.  Not great but not too shabby either for an out of shape old guy.  I finished my first 5k run in 31:03.  It hurt a bit.  A little past my halfway mark I started to feel some cramping but other than that it was a piece of cake.
I have to say that I am quite happy.  I went for a run, walked the dog (a really nice way to cool down), ate a breakfast of scrambled eggs and rice with hot sauce, and woke up the family.  Now here I am at the office ready to begin a new day.  Of course, the best part so far was turning my running blog into an actual running blog.  Yay me.  Stay tuned for a full report on what hurts when I wake up tomorrow.