Misty

Got in a pretty good 7 mile run this morning at LBL.  My time was 1:16.  Not to shabby for sort of taking it easy.  My knee is still acting weird.  I wouldn't say it actually hurts.  It's feels sensitive.  I'm gonna go ahead with my plan for a high mileage week with lots of easy running and plenty of walking and see how it goes.  I do have to be more consistent with my strengthening exercises too.

Misty and I had a really good walk in Barton Creek Greenbelt Saturday morning.  We did 5.5 miles doing part of the old loop that Sam, Mark, Doug and Shan used to do.  Misty really seemed to enjoy it......especially finishing with the HOL......HA!!!!  She's tough though......didn't stop once!!!

lazy

Got in a lazy 7 miler this morning in 1:26.  I'm not wanting to rush back in too soon after the 10 day layoff so I had another easy day.  I'm happy that I had to hold myself back when I got to I35 this morning.....I was tempted to do the whole 10 mile loop.  I started at 5:45 this morning so I had time if I pushed it just a bit but decided against it.  10 miles somewhere Saturday morning for an easy 22 mile week.  I'm definitely gonna cranking it up next week!!!

back in it

Got in an easy 5 miles at LBL yesterday afternoon.  It's always a bit strange getting back into it after a little lay off.  On another note I'm happy with the core stuff I've been doing the last few days.......I NEED to be more consistent with it though.  Maybe actually posting it will be a conscience for me.

Rest

Gonna get started back up running tomorrow after a 10 day layoff/ rest.  I was really down last week about the fires and we were out of town Thursday and Friday so I decided that with the good miles I've had the last 3 months that I'd just get in a good rest.

So much for the rest.  My knee hasn't improved at all.  I'm gonna get back to it tomorrow anyway.

Another out and back

Did another out and back at Barton Creek this morning.  I wish I knew how many times I've done this run.  100?, 200?  I'm not sure how many but it's a bunch.  It was like old home week this morning down there.  Barry Beckman joined me and at the start Mark (Crash Triprock) Johnson was there a with a gal named Lindsey?  We got going and came upon David Jacobson, Joe Prusaitis and 3rd person.  We also saw John Kuss at around the 6 mile mark and stopped to talk to him for a few minutes.  We leapfrogged Crash and his friend a couple times and they were at the HOL when we got there and he and I chatted.

On the way down the hill I asked Barry if he wanted to walk and he declined. When we got to the flat he ran a few times but was pretty much done with running with 6.5 to go.  He told me to go ahead and I thought about for a little and decided to go.  I needed to get done and get home and help Misty clean house, and I didn't want to string it out either.  I also saw Ryan Beard along the way and we talked about his awesome WS100 finish and his pacing a couple of the top dogs at the RR100 in Feb.  He is considering running it and I encouraged him.

I'm pretty happy with my time of 3:42 considering all the visiting I did.

Outstanding day on the trails......AGAIN!!!!

Review

Just finished looking at my running log and mileage for late summer into fall of 2008 during my training for Rocky Raccoon 2009.  My mileage is looking really good so far this year considering several low mileage months due to injury.  If I can maintain the mileage I've been doing the last several months and add a bit to it I should be good for RR100.  I always recommend starting a running log to people who are beginning a running program.  I've referred to old logs many times to see what I've done in regards to training for specific runs!!

Push

My 8 mile time this morning was the same as my 7 mile time Tuesday morning so I suppose I pushed a bit harder this morning.  I did get in a really good first 5 for sure.....my watch at 4 miles said 40 min and change and I gave it another good mile.  Trying to decide what my mileage goal should be for September.  I'm thinking 135-140.