enjoyable

Had a real good 5 miler at Ken's Saturday morning in 1:14.  I could have easily got in another 5 but thought better of it.  I'm feeling good but I'm sure I'm still recovering from the marathon last Saturday.  I'm planning on a good long run this Saturday.

Me and Misty got in a 3 mile hike at St Ed's yesterday.  Very enjoyable!!

humid

Solid 7 mile run with Mark L this morning.  It's been a while since it's been just the two of us.  Today felt like the beginning of the humid mornings.  I was soaked after our cool down walk.  The sweat feels good though.....

lack thereof

After reviewing my long runs, or lack thereof  I'm actually encouraged with my 6:03 marathon finish Saturday!!  I took the 1st 2 weeks off in January due to an injury.  Here are my longish runs since then;

2/8      11 miles
2/16    21 miles
2/22    11 miles
2/28     8+ miles
3/5       Pandora's marathon
3/27    15 miles
4/2      16.7 miles of pacing (mostly walking) after 10k race

I'm off to my best years running start in over 5 years but it's mostly the 4-7 mile weekly runs that are ramping my mileage up.  If I can focus on getting in some actual long training runs I really feel like I may not be bringing up the rear in the races.  I wonder what I could have done Saturday if I'd gotten in a few long training runs....

roses

I had a rare, easy, solo Thursday morning run today.  I hadn't run in 5 days and it usually feels weird running after a little layoff.  I've got the marathon Saturday so there was nothing to gain by pushing hard today.  I took it easy and smelled the roses a bit....

best friend

Shan, Josie and I had a good 7 miler this morning at Townlake.  Josie is Shan's best friend and is in town for Shan and Mark's wedding.  I felt a little sluggish this morning.  I'm not sure if it's because it's my first actual run in a week or if I'm still recovering from kicking my own ass last weekend.  Oh well, days like that are to be expected.

twist

Shan, Amanda and I had a solid Mopac/ Congress loop run this morning in 49:41.  It was a nice twist having Amanda join us!  Hopefully she'll join us more in the future!!

easy

Easy 4 miler with Misty and Amanda at Brushy Creek this morning.