starting point

Great run this morning with Shan.  We changed our start point back to the Auditorium Shores parking lot.  Shan commented how doing something as simple as changing the start point makes a run feel different.  We had a pretty decent time too, 1:13.25.

cool

5 miles with Misty in the 'hood this morning.  Pretty darn cool getting in running miles with my wife!!

enjoyable

Had a real good 5 miler at Ken's Saturday morning in 1:14.  I could have easily got in another 5 but thought better of it.  I'm feeling good but I'm sure I'm still recovering from the marathon last Saturday.  I'm planning on a good long run this Saturday.

Me and Misty got in a 3 mile hike at St Ed's yesterday.  Very enjoyable!!

humid

Solid 7 mile run with Mark L this morning.  It's been a while since it's been just the two of us.  Today felt like the beginning of the humid mornings.  I was soaked after our cool down walk.  The sweat feels good though.....

lack thereof

After reviewing my long runs, or lack thereof  I'm actually encouraged with my 6:03 marathon finish Saturday!!  I took the 1st 2 weeks off in January due to an injury.  Here are my longish runs since then;

2/8      11 miles
2/16    21 miles
2/22    11 miles
2/28     8+ miles
3/5       Pandora's marathon
3/27    15 miles
4/2      16.7 miles of pacing (mostly walking) after 10k race

I'm off to my best years running start in over 5 years but it's mostly the 4-7 mile weekly runs that are ramping my mileage up.  If I can focus on getting in some actual long training runs I really feel like I may not be bringing up the rear in the races.  I wonder what I could have done Saturday if I'd gotten in a few long training runs....

roses

I had a rare, easy, solo Thursday morning run today.  I hadn't run in 5 days and it usually feels weird running after a little layoff.  I've got the marathon Saturday so there was nothing to gain by pushing hard today.  I took it easy and smelled the roses a bit....