Hot Weather, Friends with Problems, Etc.

It has been way too hot. Over 90. I have a friend with problems who calls me in the middle of the night to talk about them. I'm not sure with this heat there is any time during the day I could stand to jog anyway. Naturally, with my friend calling in the middle of the night, I can't get up at the crack of dawn to jog. So my jogging has gone to hell. Anyway, I realized eventually I had to do something about that. Because my friend with the problems usually doesn't even get going until 11 p.m., I had been walking my dogs, then talking to her. As the problems cause her to get going even later, I got the idea I could jog at night. There are two options here for jogging at night. It's safe out here. The problem you have to worry about is being hit by a car. One option for jogging at night is Elizabeth-Forward High School. The track is lit till 9 or 10 and there are lights around the school. After work, in the summer, it starts to be a community atmosphere. People show up to walk. Sometimes there are school activities. However, this year, not so. They tore up the track and are putting in a new one. Also, in the paper, people are complaining about too many weeds to run or walk around the school. There are women who come alone at 10 and 11 at night to run around the school. So it is very safe out here. But that option is out this year. There is a side road near where I live which is about a mile long. So I have to be satisfied with that for night jogging. I jogged one mile last night and want to get it up to about 3 miles. I'm afraid I'd be bored after that. Normally I like to jog 4 1/2 - 6 miles over very steep hills and tough courses. Anyway, while I'm going through the stuff with my friend and the extreme heat, I'm going to try to walk the dogs plus do 3 miles a night. That will give me 5 or 6 miles a day. I'll try to keep this routine up for a few weeks while I am sorting out my housekeeping problems, job hunting problems, and my friend's problems. When the weather cools off, if this even happens before I get back to work, I can then maybe jog later in the morning. I'm hoping this routine will help me get a bit more in shape again and help me deal with the house cleaning, job hunting, and my friend's problems.