Nice n easy

Got in a nice and easy 7 miles at LBL this morning in 1:26.  With 5 more tomorrow morning that'll give me 130 miles for the month.  I'm gonna get some decent miles this week so I decided that with the slight increase in my monthly mileage I'll just take it easy and get in some "junk" miles.  Speaking of mileage I'm really happy with my overall total for the last 4 months.  It's going to be an excellent base heading into the fall and cooler weather.

Sunday

Barry Beckman and I walked 10.66 miles in Barton Creek this morning in 3:25.  Barry is planning on doing the 50K at the Wild Hare on Nov 19th and hasn't done any running at all, only walking.  So, we mixed a few easy running parts today and it seemed to go well.  We went all the way down to Rick's Spot and he was very impressed with the cross and seems to enjoy hearing about Rick.

Solitude

I needed to get in some good miles today and had planned on running at Barton Creek.  The more I thought about all I could do was picture seeing a bunch of other people on the trail so I changed things up and ran at Bull Creek.  We are so fortunate to have such a wide variety of trails that are so close to home (Bull Creek is easily half the distance from our house as Barton Creek).

A long time ago I joined Henry and some others on a run that included most of the trails in Bull Creek but I don't believe I ever tied them all together in the same day.  I've always heard the mileage is around 14 and sure enough it was 14.2.  I planted 2 coolers, 1 near the creek and road at St Ed's and one up the trail a bit from the trailhead at the gravel parking lot and I started at the Dog Park.  As it turns out, the cooler near the trailhead was overkill but better safe than sorry.  I thought I might do the 4 mile flat section again but decided against it when I got to the car.  Next time the cooler at St Ed's and a cooler in my car will do just fine.  I just realized that a cooler at my turnaround point would be perfect.  It's 7.5 miles and hardly anyone ventures down that far so I wouldn't have to worry about my cooler at all!!

I didn't see another human being for the first 90 minutes.  It was solitude I was seeking and I found it!!

Chillin

Got in an easy chillin' 5 miles this morning at LBL.  I did some running and lots of walking, mostly getting my head right for a long run Saturday morning.  Right now the plan is to do a double out and back from the Spyglass entrance to Barton Creek to the HOL......should be approximately 26 miles.  I'm really in need of some solitude...

Deceiving

Had a deceivingly good run this morning at LBL with Shan.  I wasn't feeling it and Shan had less than 4 hours sleep but we still ran the 7 mile in 1:09:27.  It's very encouraging when you're not feeling it and still bang out a good time relative to past runs!!

Easy, sweaty 4

Got in 4 easy miles this morning at LBL.   Today I was early guy at work because Jon and I switched early days so Shan and I could run tomorrow morning.  Instead of getting up at 430 so I could get in my normal 7 I decided to get up at 500 and get in 4 miles or even 5 if I'm feeling good.  The plan worked out great.  The 4 mile took my about 50 min, I got to work in plenty of time to shower and be ready to answer phones at 730.

So, no more worrying about getting up at 430 to get in extra miles....

Knee feels pretty good today.  I had some brain cells fire off while was tossing and turning last night and remembered some exercises Richard McCormick showed me years ago to strengthen the muscles around the knee.  I'm gonna start those ASAP.  Gotta get ready for the 100!!!!

Bulverede

Got in 9 miles from my sisters house in Bulverde.  Good run, mostly on roads.  It felt so good to get out and do some sweating this morning!!!