Got in an early 7 miler with Sam V at Barton Creek this morning in around 1:30.

Really have to focus on a good higher mileage week next week!!

Ran 7 miles this morning from downtown and part of LadyBird Lake in 1:08 with Shan and Steve.

Thankfully, it was just cold and NOT RAINY. The time is a bit slow because we had fairly lengthy stops at 1st and 15th streets for red lights and.....Shan's shoe came untied twice. I love it when that happens!!!

I asked Steve to pace me the 4th loop at Cactus Rose. He said he'd give it some thought. I also emailed Doug, Shan's main squeeze, to see if he would pace me the 3rd loop.

On our run this morning we talked about easing into some Jester repeats to get my body ready for the hills at Bandera.

The mental prep begins NOW!!

Plans are to run 10-12 miles with Sam tomorrow morning!!

Ran 7 miles this morning downtown. I started at our office, ran down to Lady Bird. Ran to Mopac then to Congress and back to the office in 1:10. Felt good. Pretty chilly morning.

I need to do the same thing tomorrow morning just in case I wimp out Thursday with the wintry mix the weather guys are predicting.

30 minutes of yoga this morning with Misty. I really need to start doing this regularly.

Ran 14 miles at Barton Creek in 3:04 from the HOL. I was expecting to have the trail all to myself today but when I drove up I was surprised to find there were already several cars parked.

It was Roger Davis and Michael Sawyer with a Jemez training group. There were several other peeps I knew. Murali, Bhavesh and David J.

I ended up running most of the way with Murali and a guy named John who seen at races.

It was a very good run!!

Ran 10 miles this morning at Lady Bird. Did the first 7 with Shan and Steve in 1:03:32. We got a water refill, walked across the footbridge under Mopac then I ran the 3 mile loop alone. Total time was 1:43:50.

Not bad for being my 2nd run in 2 weeks. I was super pleased with the first 7, considering I talked pretty much the whole way and stayed in oxygen debt.

Also......seriously considering doing the Cactus Rose 100 on Oct 30. Lots to consider with this one. Runners provide all their own aid except ice and water.....and I would need at least 1 pacer and a crew (Misty) and hopefully a couple of other peeps. AND...it's a bitch. This would easily be the hardest run I've lined up for!!

We'll see.

First run in almost 2 weeks. Ran Lady Bird from the zero marker at the 1st St parking lot east to Pleasant Valley....Longhorn Dam and back to 1st St. 6 miles in a shade over 1 hour.

Good to be back running now if the weather will cooperate some. No biggie though, I'll have to get out in it. Lost 140 bucks the last 2 months due to not being able to run in events I've signed up for. The super cold weekend got my Bandera 100k and my Dad's passing caused me to miss the Rocky Raccoon 50 mile this Saturday.

Oh well, time to look ahead. I've got 2 months to get ready for Hell's Hills 50 miler in Smithville. Looking forward to getting in a good long run.