Running Journal, Monday, 2010-11-29: Midnight Blues Overhead

Running Journal, Monday, 2010-11-29
Resting heart rate: 60 bpm (60 second test, 75 minutes after exercise)
Body Mass Index (BMI): 22.966 (kilograms/(meters^2))
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1,852 calories
Weather: clear chill
Temp: 4 C (39 F)
Time: 7:00-8:45 p.m.
Terrain: flat
Comments: Midnight blue skies overhead this evening, with a few stars shining through the luminous umbrella of city light. I can still smell smoke on my clothing from (presumably) wood burning stoves, even after coming indoors. My shoes felt damp from Saturday's rain-soaked run. This morning I met the first frost of the season; even in Sacramento an ice-scraper is occasionally necessary to clear the minimal frost from a vehicle. The cold continued into this evening. I think this is the coldest I have felt running outside, to date. In Gibbons Park a woman exited a vehicle by the north entrance and leap-frogged an anti-traffic barrier post. At the south end of the park, three youths sat at a picnic table, one of them attempting to convince the other, "No one can make you say anything you do not want to." Near Engle Road, an orange truck with a faux-California State Seal reading "Department of Redundancy Department" sat passively outside a home. I passed by Mira Loma High School, where a swimming coach (water acrobatics?) used amplification to boost her voice and the musical score for their current number, a sort of jazzy number. "Push your butt in the air on the third beat," I heard from across the football fields at the end of my run. Tonight I ran a bit faster than normal, and felt pretty good. My body seems recovered and stronger from Saturday's run, ready for more.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~4.0 miles (~6.44 km)
Weight: 78.6 kg (173.28 lbs), ?% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: oatmeal + raisins, green tea (two cups), egg salad sandwich on potato bread, blueberries, raspberries, can of V-8, spinach salad with cherry tomatoes + feta cheese + shredded carrots + champagne-pear vinaigrette + croutons, milk, blackberries, smoothie, hard-boiled egg