Morning.

Heading out for my run in a few.

Ellen - Good going. Were the kids asleep?

Tonya - How's the new job? Oops, just noticed it's your first day. Hope it goes well.

I'll be back in awhile.

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There's a huge thunderstorm sitting right over us, so I'm waiting for it to clear just a bit before heading out. Funny, just checked the hour-by-hour forcast and there's only a 16% chance of rain. Somebody needs to be lookin' out the window!!!

I got son and I registered for the race on Saturday. I am so not motivated to do it. I haven't really been able to train for it so I know I won't do well, so wondering why I'm even bothering.

FIRST BIKE COMMUTE IN OVER A MONTH!

WOO-HOO

Yup, the bf fixed my bike while I was out of town this past weekend so I rode in this morning. I was awake to run at 5 but it was storming, kind of. I woke up at 5 to a loud clap of thunder, waited a few minutes and it thundered again, so I went back to bed.

At 6:45 when I left for work (via bike) there was some lightning off in the distance but far enough out that there was no thunder that I could hear. So I rode.

Plan on riding home and then running 4-5 or so...but not going to push it (see my post from yesterday).

Ellen nice job this morning
Tonya good luck today!
vash hope you had a nice run
Boyerdave wow, 11 miles already this morning, geez!
4boys I hear you about storms and weather people! Have fun at the race this weekend, so what if you didn't train, just have fun!
Mailbox Head 11 is the magic number today it looks like. I don't know how you're able to do that after running last night. I try to do the night & morning run, but have a really hard time with it.

Anyway, have a great day gang!

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Later on that very same morning...

8 miles with 30 minutes at tempo pace. Very good run. Maybe it was having the same shoes on both feet.

Dave - Great splits. All your very hard work must be paying off.

4boys - It's a bummer when you get the full 16 % chance of rain. Hope it passes quickly.

mailbox - the lack of fatigue can only be a good sigh eh?

flobear - Yea! on getting the bike together and getting back to your commuting.

kfuller - Hope your run goes well later.

Dan--I've been wearing the same shoes forever. I have about a gazillion pairs in the closet. I've taken to labeling the tongue (A, B, C, etc...) to be sure I have a true pair...

I finally got out there and had The Best Run!!! It was supposed to be a z2 run, but it seemed stuck right at z3.0. Considering HR was slightly elevated at the start, I just went with it. Run just felt smooth and steady. My only concern is that I left the best miles in training and will have nothing left for the race on Saturday...

5.58m, 49:29, 8:52pace
(6:36), 8:50, 9:02, 9:10, 8:57, (6:53)

Now, can y'all explain this... My route is basically a horse shoe. (6:36) is getting to the end of the HS. 8:50, 9:02 are to the turn around. 9:10, 8:57 are to the other end. I've been running this route for 3years now. For the life of me, that 3rd mile is always the slowest. No matter how hard I push it, it's always the slowest. Could it be that it is the 'outside' of the curve and is actually that much longer?

The sun has now come out and it is terribly HUMID! I think I'm going to shower then head up to the beach. Only two more weeks of summer break left, figure I might as well make the most of it!

Another poopy run but I kept thinking that maybe it will be the same as yesterday and I can get the gunk out of my legs for tonights actual run.

4.4 at 8:39 pace.

2nd day in a row i'm not running

for some reason my calves are really sore

the only thing i can think of that may have caused this is i had to run down 17 flights of stairs yesterday cuz the elevator was broken

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