plantar

Saturday morning Sam joined me and the doggie for 4+ miles in the 'hood and then Misty joined us for 4+ more with no doggie.  It was Misty and Sam's first run together.  Pretty cool stuff!!

Monday morning doggie and I got in 5 miles of hills in the 'hood.

This morning I got started at Townlake at 5am and did the 10 mile loop in exactly 2hrs.  Pretty happy with that since my PLANTAR is flared up!!

I realized recently that the Hoka's have been very good padding wise but they are too tight across the toe box and are causing my neuroma to flare up.   I got a pair of Altra Lone Peak 3.0 and wore them Saturday.   Saturday evening when I got up to go to bed my heel was painful to walk on.  I didn't think anything about it.  The last 2 mornings it's been painful too.  It didn't occur to me till I was about halfway through my run this morning that the Altra's are causing my plantar to flare up.....AND I wore my Altra's this morning too!!  I made too quick of a transition to the zero drops and should have known better.  Oh well, I'm on vitamin I and ice today at work.  I'll start wearing the boot tonight and have that sonofagun ready for 20 miles Saturday morning!!

rest

The weather this week has gotten me in rest mode.  I'd planned a rest week for the week ending August into September but haven't been too motivated this week.  I did an easy 4 miler in the rain with the doggie Tuesday morning and the doggie joined me and Shan this morning downtown for a 5 miler.  I'm pretty healthy and have averaged 34 miles a week for the past 6 weeks so maybe this is good timing.  With backing off this week maybe I can have a much higher mileage week than usual next week to stay on my monthly plan.  45-50 miles next week with a really solid long run Saturday would really be good!!

doggie

Ran with Misty and Amanda Saturday morning.  We started at the HOL and did the Powerline/ outer loop down cedar chop backwards through the grotto first.  When we got back to the top Amanda bailed out and Misty and I continued back down the HOL and did Rudy's backwards.  When we got back to the top Misty bailed and then I went back towards Rudy's, down to the main trail and back for a total of 15ish miles for me with 4.5 hours on foot.

Me and the doggie did a 4 mile run in the 'hood this morning.

I'm right on track for my target miles halfway through this month!!

dividends

I'm tired.  I've gotten in 19 miles the last 3 days.   Good news is that the plan came together pretty well, only 1 mile short.  I'll remedy that with a 1 mile walk with the doggie tomorrow morning.  This morning I got up at 4 after less than 8hrs sleep, walked the doggie and got down to the trail at 5am.  I did an easy 4 mile loop and then joined Shan at 6am for the 5 mile loop.  I try not to bitch about the heat but it is tough going in August.  Any miles done in the summer can pay big dividends in the fall and winter.  At least that's what I'm trying to tell myself....

doggie

4 miles in the 'hood with Amanda and the doggie!!

Jollyville

Parked at the Vets office on Jollyville this morning and did 1 mile out and back on Balcones Woods to Santa Cruz then crossed Jollyville and did 1 mile out and back on Floral Pkwy and then did the first part again for a total of 6 miles!!

persevere

Had a very interesting running weekend.  My plan was to get in 10 miles of road hills Saturday morning and 10 miles at Townlake Sunday morning.  Life got in the way.  Misty and some friends went to a concert in Houston Friday night and she didn't get home until 4am.  I started tossing and turning around 230 and got up to greet her when she got in.  I went back to bed for a while but couldn't sleep so I got up and walked the doggie.  After our walk I knew if I put Ellie back in her crate she'd whine and cry enough to disturb Misty so me and the doggie quietly watched TV.  I napped some but felt out of it after a weird night of sleep.  Misty got up around 10 and we sat around and talked for a while.  I still felt out of it but got up and got my shit ready and went down to Townlake and did the 10 mile loop.  It was a hot sonofagun starting at 11:15 but I ran AND walked it in 2:15.  I was pretty happy with that considering the stifling heat.  One day down, one to go!!

As I was waking up Sunday morning I was going over my options for the day.  Misty wanted to get in some miles before her 9am meeting and the doggie really needed to burn some energy off after a bunch of acting out Saturday.  And I needed to get in another 10 miles preferably with some hills included.  I came up with the perfect plan.  Misty, doggie and I did a 4 mile round trip down Duval and back and then I drove over to Jollyville and Balcones Woods and ran Floral Pkwy to Raincreek Pkwy down Great Hills a half mile and back for a total of 6 miles!!  After a better nights sleep and getting started at a decent hour I had a great run and was done by 10:30!!

I was really happy I was able to persevere and get in my miles even though the original plan changed.  Now I've got in a great first week towards what's supposed to be a big running month!!

'hood

Good 5 miler in the 'hood this morning with Shan and Amanda!!

doggie

Excellent 5 miler with my wife and my doggie this morning!!

rebound

Misty, Amanda and I did one Ken's loop together Saturday morning.  We'd planned on 2 loops but none of us were really feeling it, especially with the deer flies bugging (no pun intended) the crap out of us.  In fact, Misty has hard spots in a few places under her skin where she was bitten by the flies.

The doggie and I did a 4 mile walk in the neighborhood Sunday morning and she and I also go in a 5 mile run/walk Monday morning.

I'd planned on doing an hours or so worth of hill repeats at St Ed's this morning but rolled my ankle pretty good yesterday afternoon in the backyard.  My alternate plan was to do some out and back repeats on Floral Pkwy this morning but thought better of it when I got up and my ankle was a still a bit sore.  I ended taking my time and doing the longest version of the Wharton stretching dvd.  It was excellent.  It took me 1:15 to go through the 40 minute version.  It won't be long till I'm down to the 40 minutes.  It is some very good stuff, from your feet up to your neck.  There are abbreviated 20 minute and 10 minute versions too!!  Afterward the feeling was very much like a post yoga feeling.  Very cool!!  So, my "running plan" took a hit this morning but I have the whole month to rebound.