Counting Down

We had a great 30-minute+ run in the Kansas wind this afternoon while the girls played at a friend's house (actually, we imposed on some very nice fellow runners to allow the girls to "stay late" after a birthday party so we could go out). I'm finding it really, really impressive that I'm now able to sustain a jogging pace for more than 30 minutes without even really a noticeable stitch in my side. I am noticing now a lot of the things I read about in books about running - like how running on asphalt is kinda tough on my shins, and how stopping without a sufficient cool-down walk made my plantar fascia start to clench up.