August 19

AM: 11 miles moderate


PM: 7 miles easy


Rock Creek Park to the back stables loop in the morning. Pleasantly cool weather for August, though it's more humid than the last few days.


In the evening, I tagged along with Valerie for a couple of miles, and then I finished up on the Capital Crescent.


This was an interesting read...and it gives me hope for obvious reasons: even though I am "smaller" by conventional standards, I sometimes feel like a linebacker compared to the guys I race against.


Sports / Olympics
In Sea of Similar Body Types, Nonconformists Can Succeed
By GINA KOLATA
Published: August 20, 2008
The success of Olympic athletes whose bodies are seemingly unsuited to the sports in which they excel challenges the expectations of exercise science.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/sports/olympics/20bodies.html?ex=1376971200&en=c6bba163f6b11042&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink