nice n easy II

6 more easy miles this morning at Barton Creek.   Plenty of walking too.  It seems the adjustments I made to my right insert are working.  Very little discomfort in my right foot the last 2 days!!!  I think I'm ready to start building my mileage toward the Cactus Rose 100 mile on Oct 27.  I'll be shooting for 115-120 miles for May and then I'll think I'll need to average at least 140 miles per month for June, July, Aug and Sept to give myself a chance at finishing.  Cactus Rose has only a 50% finisher rate by the way. I may as well go ahead and throw out my bigger overall goal of finishing the Tejas 300.  That includes the Bandera 100k the first Saturday in Jan and the Rocky Raccoon 100 mile the first Saturday in Feb along with Cactus Rose.  It's a pretty daunting challenge but for now Cactus Rose will be the focus.

April 80 miles

nice n easy

Nice and easy 12 miles this morning.  Sam V and I started at 630 and did the old Wed night run and then met Misty at 360 and ran walked back to the HOL.  My time was 3:25.  I think it was a good start back.  My knee was a bit achy but the adjustment I made for my neuroma seems to have worked very well......no flare up!!!  I take it!!!

hot

Marc G and I got in a hot 5 miler at Kens and the Mountain Goat trail yesterday afternoon.  Wow, does that run in the heat kick your ass!!   I was pretty sure my heart was going to come right out of my chest!!!  It took us 1:37 to navigate the 5+ mile course.  We did a lot of walking and recovering.  It was a new trail for Marc and he enjoyed it.

I think I feel a little zippier ( is that a word ) when I'm running lately.  I'm hoping the clean eating is beginning to pay off.  More good news.  190.5 this morning.  I'm thinking that 183lbs really can be a reality!!

Adjustments

Ran 5 miles at LBL/ Zilker/ Barton Creek Greenbelt in 56 min yesterday afternoon.  I started at the mopac footbridge, ran the first mile and continued on the RR tracks thru Zilker to the BCG trailhead and turned around at the 1 mile point.  Good run, everything felt pretty good besides the neuroma.  It was debilitating but it did flare up.  I think I can make some adjustments to get it it fixed..

Houston

Got in 4 miles at a park near my sister in laws house in Houston Saturday morning.

Dark

Good 7 miles this morning at LBL.  I did the first 6 in 1hr exactly.  I definitely feel like I'm starting to get back in shape now.  My knee seemed better but my neuroma acted up a bit in a weird way, not as bad as it could be though.  We're 4 days away from a New Moon so it was pretty dark on the trail this morning.

Saturday

Saturday Misty and I both got in some good trail time.  We started at Spyglass and and both did our own thing.  I got in 10 and Misty did 5.  It was Misty's first time traversing the trails solo and there were a couple of hiccups but she made it okay.  My 2nd run in the NB 1110's went okay.  My neuroma did act up some starting around 7 miles but never got bad.  I'm hoping it was just due to wet shoes.  Sometimes that'll do it.  My time was 2:23, a little slower than I had hoped for but all in all a good run.