The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old

Out in the Denver cornfields East of the airport.

Awesome afternoon long run along the banks of the Delaware, Wilmington.  70 and sunny, with most of the run on the grass and sand.

3 mile shakedown run late evening.  A few years ago I used to put in these short runs later in the day after my long runs and it always seemed to reduce the effect of them.  I got lazy and stopped so now I'm going to pick them up again now I'm going to be increasing some mileage.

I'll be out on the grass Everglade trails tomorrow in Orlando which I always look forward to since it means sunshine and slow trail time.

5 in the morning along the grass trails after getting into Orlando.  Just too hot to go any further.

Hit the trails again in the evening and got in my long run.  Feeling much better than the week before TOU.  It never gets old running on grass this far.

Easy run in Denver, all covered in scratches and cuts from the Everglades runs. Last day of five in the road, yes!

Got in this quick run in between flights in Denver again.

Recovery day

Not  whole lot of time for the running thing the past few days.  We are off camping for the weekend checking out the Fall colors.  I did get in a nice neighborhood run with the kids.  I had a rope tied around my waist and pulled Shelby on her scooter the whole way.

Two amazing Master's performances this past week.  Germany's Irina Miketenko ran a 2:21 in Berlin at 41 and Ian ran his lifetime PR at St. George, a 2:20 coached by Ed Eyestone.  Gives me some good hope in us old guys.

Talked to a lot of friends that ran St george this year and read the long list of good runs on the race reports.  What an inspiring day for Utah runners yesterday.  Gave me a good shot in the arm during a time when running is kind of kicking my butt.