Confession time: I've been running.

So I have a confession to make: I've been running. Not terribly often, and not terribly seriously mind you, but I have begun running again. It has been easily 5 years since I ran more than a few miles or a couple times a year. In high school I ran cross country fairly well, and ran periodically in college to stay fit, and ran often enough playing intramural sports.

I'm not 100% why I started running again. I guess part of it is that I can get a bit of a work out in before work with running, and that's tricky with cycling, especially with my general distaste for the pre-noon hours. Part of my recent return to running is I work almost every day with several pretty serious triathletes, both as coworkers and customers. I am mildly jealous of their fitness and lean physical appearance. I've finally gotten rid of my old warn out running shoes and gotten a fancy new pair of Zoots.


New shoes are awesome, light, comfortable, a little squishy, but I think I'm just used to my crummy pair that was falling apart around my feet.

I'll keep running, if for no other reason than it is a quick work out and a little cross training never hurt anyone. But aside from the workout, I'm starting to get a little form and fitness back, and I'm starting to enjoy it again, at least a little.

That was this morning. This night was about gin, Rogue's Spruce Gin to be specific.

If you can get your hands on this fantastic beverage, try it. There's more going on than just a spruce flavor, but it is certainly the dominant one in there.