Big Man Runnin'

Good President's day run! I went out planning on just doing 10 easy miles but I felt good and took a wrong turn on the Jordan Riv. Pkwy. so I ended up doing 11 1/4, but like I said it was a nice easy pace.  Overall my average pace was an 8:30, so I was pretty happy to know that it had been so easy for me.

 I started the run at 3300 so. and decided to go north today, so I ran all the way to the peace gardens and then turned around.  Like I said, I took a wrong turn so my out was a little bit longer than my back.  It was definitely a good way to start my week.  I am getting really excited to see what I can accomplish by my next race! 

AM: Nice easy recovery run this morning with my wife.  We planned on 5, but ended up having to cut it short because we both had stomach issues.  At least we learned that jambalaya is not something you want to eat the night before a run ;)

I am looking forward to doing something more this evening . . . . 

PM: A little bit of basketball, I feel like it is good "speed" work :) played for about an hour and a half. 

Good run this morning.  It is truly amazing to me how much I have improved this month.  My fitness level is up and as a result I am feeling better and better each day.  I never would have thought that a simple blog like this one would motivate me so much to push myself each and every day.

 As far as the actual run goes, things went really well.  I went out nice and easy, knowing that the first stretch was going to be the hardest.  It was a good mile up hill, and then another 2.5 up a gradual climb.  The rest of the run was fairly easy and problem free.  The only other issue I had was an emergency bathroom stop at McDonald's, talk about weird looks from people . . . . it was kind of amusing to watch their faces as I walked in all sweaty and gross.

Anyways, my average pace was an 8:21.  I should be getting my Garmin back this week from the factory so I will be able to keep better track of my splits! That's it for today! 

It was a pretty good recovery run today.  Katie ran with me, so that obviously helped me have some great company, and it helped me slow my pace!  The best part was that Katie is finally starting to like running.  Today marked her longest run since the Halloween Half.

Looking forward to finishing the week strong! 

Basketball and some light jogging this morning.  Kind of took it easy, getting ready for a good run tomorrow.

So the last couple of days my knee has been bothering me a little bit, and today I had the pain again.  So, I kind of listened to my body and didn't do near as many miles as I wanted to today.  However, knowing that I wasn't going to hit the mile mark I wanted I decided to crank up the speed.  So I actually ran it pretty fast, at least for me.  I ran the four miles in just under 28 min.  

Anyways, going into next week I am going to get the miles back up, and I am hoping that dropping the miles the last couple of days will help my knee recover going into my Monday run.