It's over, man. Let her go.

Biked the 3 miles round trip from where I park to work.  I picked the hottest time of the day to go to the gym.  It's been over a week since I've ran so I had to venture outside despite the 92 degree weather and high humidity.  I only had an hour between meetings so I had to hurry down.  The 1.9mi was plenty...guess I'm not ready for the 5k on Friday night.  Not a biggie, but it would have been nice.  My legs were pretty jello-ish after the run and the biking.  I think I need to get some strength built back up.

In yo' face, Diamondback fans!!  Let's go Bucs!

Biking with a little jaunt in the middle of the day.  The 1.79 mi had a short detour to the Pirates Box Office to get some tickets for my buddy and his family.

Although my Garmin held it's charge so well over the 6 mo "break," my iPod didn't fare quite as well.  The last two days of running, I've gotten about 45 sec of music before the fully charged battery died.  Not even my legs die that quickly!

Friday evening was the Riverview 5k that I had really wanted to run but I passed since I had struggled last week with just running 2mi and feeling OK.  I'm kinda glad I did since the course is basically just a big downhill and a big uphill which would have put too much pressure on the foot.  I was still disappointed.

So about 5 to midnight tonight, I decided to start the week off right and get a run in.  I only had my old shoes which are definitely well beyond their effectiveness, but I had my less worn shoes at work.  I headed out and slowly climbed the 1/2 mi hill to begin my run.  Not too bad, about a 12:00 pace.  Kept going and after about a mile I decided since this 59^o weather felt so nice and my foot was doing fine that I was going to get my 5k in.  I kept thinking I'd run the 5k then I'd walk back with a little jog here and there if I could muster it.

I did the 3.12mi in just under 30:00 which isn't too bad.  I didn't feel like I was pushing it at all, focused mostly on the feet.  Not much soreness, so I was pretty happy.  Definitely some fatigue, but I was feeling better than last week.

I walked back about .6mi and started getting chilled so I needed to jog so I jogged most of the way back with a little walk here and there.  I even got a couple 1/4mi sub-8:00 pace "sprints" in.  Felt good to be able to pick it up some.

I'll take the next day or two off to keep the recovery going, but this was a positive run.  It's starting to come back a little.  :-)

Biked the 15 miles round trip to work....except for the .5 mi killer hill on the way back.  I did bike down it on the way to work, though.

Biked today.

Sure wish I had more time to PhotoShop this, but oh well...  Welcome to the Z-Team!

Yes, he is a messy kid.  I think he had had that t-shirt on for maybe 3 hours.

Got away from the desk for an hour.  Got in 1.53 at a respectable 9:10 pace.  Didn't feel too bad, but legs were tired.  Biked the 3mi from the car to/from work.