Swarms!

Tonight, for the first time ever, while running in Central Park, I hit not one, not two, not three, not even four, but FIVE swarms of insects! I have never even encountered one swarm of insects but tonight must have been something special on the Upper East Side around E. 90th St. The bugs were out, and I ran through them, and I had to bat my way through their thickness.

It was a somewhat cool, somewhat humid, 73-degree run today. Actually, it was 80% humidity but didn’t feel that bad. Apart from the five swarms, my right lower leg was of interest, and it was strong to begin with. It didn’t hurt in the beginning of today’s run as much as it did at the beginning of yesterday’s run, but inside mile 4 (or at some point after Great Hill), my leg started to hurt. I even got almost to the point of limping on it a bit, it felt so painful. It was more like a tired pain rather than a sharp pain.

I used various mental tricks to distract my attention from it and it pretty much worked. However, I couldn’t pull off a super-sprint at the end of this run. I did this run of 6.27 miles (basically a loop of Central Park) in just under 50 minutes, which is pretty paltry for me. I wonder if it’s the humidity partly. But mostly, it was the pain of my right lower leg.

It was nice to be out in the night, apart from the bugs. I felt faster than 7:51 pace suggests. At least I got in these miles after a day of work–which, by the way, I thought would last until midnight.

This morning I got in some stuff at the gym: abs, arms, pecs, quads, calves, and thighs. For that, I took Nitric Oxide Overdrive and I felt my heart pumping. So I thought, Could the ArginMax have made it feel as if I was having a heart attack in yesterday’s run? Because of that question, I skipped ArginMax today. I also didn’t have quercetin, but I did have a PowerGel. Plus, I had a light dinner before.