cooler weather

Me and Shan had a good run this morning although it sure didn't feel that way.  We were 50 seconds faster than the last time we ran it.  We did an easy 2 with Ellie first and then the 5 mile course that takes us by Sam's house.  We are definitely are looking forward to some cooler weather.

200

One mile doggie walk and 200 jumping jacks this morning!

shit happens

A little bummed our run went to shit this morning.  At 5:59 Mark and Justin hadn't showed yet.  I checked my phone and Justin had texted he'd be 10 minutes late.  Sam had to head on because he had to be to work on time.  I waited for Justin and then we did a super lazy 3 mile loop that included some walking.  When I got to work and fired up my computer Mark had emailed at 8:30 last night on a thread we have going to say he wouldn't be able to run.  Oh well, shit happens....

start the week

Me and Misty did 4 miles in the hood this morning, 2 with Ellie!!  What a great way to start the week!!  We did a a couple of speed ups.  I'm really trying to stay focused quicker leg turnover instead of the longer steps.  It seems to be helping my hip.

Townlake

1 mile in the hood with Ellie and then me and Misty did 6 miles at Townlake this morning.  We encountered Linda Rust and we stopped and chatted for a few minutes.  She's training for her "last" 100, the Yeti 100 somewhere in Virginia!!

shorter steps

2 fast walking miles with Ellie this morning.  I averaged 17 minutes per mile with poop pickup and several pee stops!!  What's significant is that I've been focusing on using shorter steps in all my walking so that means my turnover rate is improving.  Sam and I experimented with it running Tuesday morning and we both think our hip issues felt better post run.

Ellie

Didn't sleep too well last night so I bailed on the Thursday run.  I slept in a bit and still did a 2 mile walk with Ellie!

jumping jacks

Slept in till a bit after 5 this morning but still got in 5 sets of 30 jumping jacks and 5 sets of 10 push ups!!  I didn't leave myself time to walk Ellie this morning so I played with her out in the backyard and while we were out there she rubbed in something dead so Misty took her in the shower with her this morning!!!  Good times!!

46:55

Me and Sam got it a 46:55 Mopac/ 1st St loop this morning.  Justin and Mark no showed on us.  He and I hadn't had a run with just ourselves in a long time.  We had a good time!!

35 minutes

Fast 2 mile walk this morning under 35 minutes with Misty and Ellie!!  Misty is a walking machine!!  After I had a little recovery from that I did 5 sets of 10 burpees in about 20 minutes!!  Great way to start the week!!

1:45

4-2 mile loops in the hood this morning, 1st one with Ellie in 1:45.  I had an illusion of doing some burpees.  That idea died pretty quickly.  I did get in a couple of planks though.

legs

Me and Shan got in a solid run this morning.  We did an easy 1 mile with Ellie for a warm up and then did another 6 in 1:06.   I'm fairly happy with that considering I did a pretty hard leg workout Tuesday evening.  The last mile was tough and I was definitely feeling the leg workout but I feel like I need to continue with it during the buildup period.

great run

Last Tuesday we were on vacation so I slept in and Mark had daughter duty and Sam was busy at work so no one ran.  This morning Mark had Lily duty again but Justin, Sam and I ran the 4.3 mile loop in 46:30.  I was several seconds back because they acted like maniacs and sprinted the last part over the footbridge.  I couldn't have run with them if I'd wanted.  My piriformis wouldn't have allowed it.  Pretty cool that we were a full 5 minutes faster than last week without Mark.  We talked the whole way too.  Great run!!

Ellie

2 easy miles with Ellie and then 2 more solo miles.  It's so nice having the neighborhood to ourselves early in the morning.