universe

Three MAMA fellas out for a morning 5 miler.  All is right in the universe.

beautiful

Got my ass kicked good at the J&J 50k Saturday!!  I had no idea the difficulty of the course.  I figured I'd be finishing in 7-7:30.  Oh hell no, 8:36 was my finishing time and that was great relative to everyone else running.  I finished 17th of 44 starters.  If not for my foot issues I'd have been at least 30 minutes faster.  I'm really not complaining though.  It was a beautiful, beautiful course.  Ever since we drove the 3 sisters roads with Sam and Val several years ago I've wanted to run what was formerly the Nueces Trail races.  I'd never run it before mostly due to the logistics with the remoteness of Camp Eagle.  Misty and I have now vowed to never miss it again.  We'll make a long weekend of it and stay Saturday night after the races are over.

doggie

Been getting in some solid family runs.  Misty, Amanda, doggie and I did the Pleasant Valley/ Lamar loop Saturday morning at Townlake and Misty, doggie and I did our typical 5 mile course in the 'hood early this morning.  The Saturday morning run was doggie's longest run to date.  She seemed to do fine and was good that afternoon and evening.

zero drop

Easy family run in the 'hood this morning.  Sleeping okay with the boot.  Got to get back to the zero drop Altra's immediately after Nueces.  I'd really like to wear them in Bandera!!

nervous

I had planned on 20 miles Saturday but fell short when my left knee and right heel/ plantar flared up.  I decided it'd be better to cut it short rather than injure myself. I did get in 10 though, Forest Ridge and all of St Eds too.  I did some good sitting in my recliner Saturday and Sunday with my plantar boot on and have slept in it the last 2 nights, 10 hours last night!!

After not getting in my planned miles Saturday I'm a little nervous about the upcoming 50k in less than 2 weeks....

Life

We were only missing one piece to the puzzle this morning.  Our pregnant sister Shan is unable to run due to her enormous baby bump.  She was with us in spirit though.

Steve and Sam finally got to meet though, that was pretty darn cool!!!  A bunch of old and new friends out there getting after it this morning, ages 65, 61, 60 and 55!!  The 65 year old led the way as he's been doing since we've known him! Life is good!!

'hood

5 miles with the doggie and Lovie this morning in the 'hood.

horse

It's time to get back on the training horse.  I've had a solid 7 days rest (easy 5 miles Saturday) and think I'm ready to bring it down the home stretch.  Relative to the last 5-6 years I had an outstanding July and August.  278 total miles for those 8+ weeks.  31 miles per week average.  As of the last day of August I've matched my entire mileage total for 2015 too!! Gotta keep it going!!