dodged

Misty, Amanda and I got in an easy 4 miles on the Brushy Creek trail this morning.  Thankfully we dodged the morning rain!!

adventure

Amanda and I did a 2 mile walk last Friday morning.  We'd planned a 4 mile run but Amanda's calves were pretty tight from doing some other work so we took it easy.


Sunday was quite the adventure.  Misty wanted to get in 10 miles after doing 8.5 in Barton Creek with Amanda Saturday.  I needed to get in more so I did Rudy's going down the HOL first.  That took me a shade over an hour and then Misty joined me.  We did Sam, Shan and Mark's old Wednesday evening route crossing at Twin Falls.  On the way back we wanted to get off the main thoroughfare so we went the back way up Rudy's.  It's so nice having options like that.  We had a great run.  Misty is making unbelievable strides in her running.  She's got some physical issues that may slow her down a little but we'll get them figured out.


This morning Amanda and I got in a good 5 miler from Champions Park in Cedar Park/ Round Rock.  Amanda's running is improving very well too.  She and Misty should be very very even at the Hells Hills 10k this coming Saturday!!

perfect

Shan, Mark, Steve and I had a great run this morning.  It was just a touch cool at the start but ended up being perfect!!!

Smithville

This past Sunday Misty and I ran the Lost Pines 10k together in Smithville.  Our time was 1:24:55.   Misty knocked a full 10 minutes off her time on the same course from 4 years ago!!  She really kicked ass!!  I think now she's over her nervousness about running a trail race alone.

This morning Amanda and I ran 4 miles at Brushy Creek together.

Thursday

Got busy at work yesterday and forgot to post mine and Shan's usual Thursday morning run.  We didn't kill it.  Time was 1:15ish.  Good times though!!

calves

Easy 4 miler with Amanda this morning at Brushy Creek.  Amanda did some cardio a couple of day ago that totaled her calves so today we mixed in a lot of walking.

Misty/Amanda

I had had a pretty solid 6 weeks of running before the marathon so the plan was to go easy last week.  I hadn't planned on not running at all but the rain got me some extra rest.  Misty has been on fire with her running lately.  After we got home from the lake yesterday we took care of some quick chores and headed down to Townlake.  We did the 7 mile Mopac/ I35 loop in 1:20!!  Pretty amazing stuff considering she's only been running for about a month.  Not sure what the time was but she knocked 2 minutes per mile off her time on the Lamar/ Pleasant Valley from a couple weeks ago!!  Pretty neat stuff.  Now if she'll just listen to me about getting some rest she'll be good!!

Early morning 4 miler with Amanda this morning on the Brushy Creek trails in Cedar Park!!  We had a good run, just a bit of walking.

bummed

Ran and death marched Pandora's marathon Saturday in 6:28.  First 19ish went pretty good in 4:30.  At that point my feet began their deep ache and I was reduced to walking the last 6 miles.  Pretty bummed.  Hope I'm not done.

nervous

4 miles this morning with Misty and Amanda.   Amanda and I usually mix in some walking but Misty wanted to run it non-stop.  We did it in 47:32, almost 2 minutes faster than Misty and Shan's Tuesday evening 4 miler.  She's on fire!!

I've decided against carrying the full pack.  I'm a little nervous about the full marathon so I'm going with less weight.  It's gonna be fun though!!