Day 101

Saturday, February 25

Bad day. Not running wise, but work wise. Yesterday afternoon, the High school I work at had 3 students involved in a serious car accident. One young lady, a 9th grader, passed away at the scene. We found out the driver, a 12th grader, passed away this morning. The last of the 3 is in critical but stable condition. Please keep our school in your thoughts. This coming week is going to be a really tough one.

I'm still planning on getting a run in tomorrow. My way of finding a happy place in the midst of the chaos which is about to ensue this week, I guess.

I went over to the Cowtown Marathon Running Expo this afternoon to look for a jacket again. I'm trying to get everything together so I can do the run tomorrow with the 'full weight' of all the stuff I have to carry. The Brooks LXR jacket was recommended, but I couldn't find it at the expo. I was getting really frustrated because I couldn't find anything that wasn't an insanely obnoxious color or way to big or whatever. On my way out, I passed back by the Fort Worth Running Company's booth and saw a New Balance jacket which looked promising. After talking with the people working there and asking about their opinions of the NB jacket vs Brooks, I finally decided to go ahead and get the New Balance jacket so I wouldn't have to drive around a search for the Brooks jacket anymore. Long story short, I got a wicked awesome jacket. It weighs 3.4 ounces. score.