A clydesdale no more!

Can't imagine better weather.  Absolutely perfect.  Knees and ankles are still very sore.  Everything else feels good. 

AM - 8 miles

Another gorgeous morning.  Although, I could have gone without the smell of the dump.  My left knee is really bothering me.  Tried to keep my form as normal as possible but favoring the knee threw me off a little.  The pace felt a little more uptempo than I usually run but I have been running watchless lately so I really have no idea what the pace actually was.  Probably a little below 7:30/mile. 

PM - 5.5 miles

Dropped my girls off at soccer practice in Farmington and thought I would run by Farmington Bay.  My horrible sense of direction and awareness put me in the middle of a swamp.  After wading through some stinky mud and hopping a fence found my way on to a dirt road.  Followed it to the Legacy Trail in Centerville where I looped back to the soccer fields.  Crossed paths with JD and ran with him for a couple of miles.  I've said it a million times before but the effort when running with somebody seems so much easier than when you are alone.  JD and I had a good "runners" conversation.  No knee or ankle pain during the run.  Leads me to believe that the pain in the morning is just start up pains.

Left knee and right achilles tendon are very sore this morning.  Kept the pace relatively slow throughout the run. 

We are in Boise for my daughter's soccer tournament.  Looked at a map and had an idea of where I wanted to run.  Unfortunately, my sense of direction is so bad that I ended up running the opposite direction.  Meandered around town for awhile and eventually found myself by BSU and eventually in downtown Boise.  Found my way to a nice river trail next to the Snake River.  Wish I had discovered it earlier in the run.  It would have been a really nice place to run.  My knee was really bothering me yesterday but felt ok after 4 miles into the run.  Other than that, I felt really good.  Pace was 7:45 at the beginning of the run then dropped to low 7's at the end.  Last mile was 6:45.  Most interesting observation of the run was how many lingerie shops that I passed (at least 5).  Wasn't aware there was that much demand for that in Idaho.