It's over, man. Let her go.

Happy Memorial Day...no run.  :-(  But I did eat a ton of food!  Then we hit the pool!  No sunburn yet, so that's a definite PLUS!

I had a about 1.5hrs before my 1:30pm meeting, so I decided to get my run in.  I knew the heat (89^o F) and the humidity (87%) would be an issue, but I wasn't going to miss a run and I knew I wouldn't be able to make it happen later in the day.  I chose a route along the river so it would be cooler.  It was still hot and very muggy, but I think it was probably better than a concrete jungle run.

Today felt much better than Saturday.  I love this route because it's flat and once I'm across the bridge, there's no traffic to deal with.  Average pace was 8:08 with my HR in the mid 160s.  My slowest 1/4 mile was the very last.  I was getting a little tired and the heat was getting to me.  Kept the paces between 7:50 and 8:10, so not too shabby.  I need to get my mileage up, but I'll need to work up to it again.  Too much time off and I'm not in shape enough to take that kind of time off and not have it impact me.  Running is good for my stress management, I just need to do it in the morning when it's cooler, and more consistently.  Or super late at night...in the cemeteries!  That would be thrilling!!

What a day makes!  Temps were a little lower and humidity only about 65%.  Same run as yesterday.  I thought it would be a better run, but I was burning out after about 3mi.  :-(  Quite sad indeed.

It was great to get out with everything on the mind today, but I wish I could have at least matched yesterday's performance.  I was running against my ghost on the Garmin, but after he got out in front of me about 300' at the 2mi mark, I decided to just cheer him on and let him go.  He's such a great runner!  :-)

Great run today.  The weather was a lot cooler and the humidity was down some.  Felt great through most of the run.  My foot pain (neuromas) are completely gone with those series of injections.  At my last appointment this week, the doc said that the pain I'm having in my right big toe joint is a sesamoid problem and that a slight tweaking of my orthotics will fix it.  I need to take the pressure off that joint and give the bones some relief.  But, that means being without my orthotics for a week or two and I don't know what it costs either.  :-(  The pain was worse today than the last few days, but today I wore some more compression type socks that may have contributed to it.  I'll keep an eye on it and see how it goes tomorrow and my long run on Saturday.

Splits:  7:54, 8:30, 8:43, 8:16, 8:54 (.82)

As I was reading the news, I ran across this article  It claims to smooth out some of the bulges and make you look hot.  So, with me being slightly "overweight" I figured I may have to try them out.  :-)

I only had a short time today between meetings so I just ran on the treadmill.  Did the 5k program, started out nice and easy and had planned on running the full program at 9:13 pace.  It was easy so the last 1k (the first .33k was flat, the first .33k was uphill @ 4%, the last .33k was flat), I took it to a HNL and kicked it up to a 8:00 for the first 1/3, a 7:30 for the "hill", then to 6:53 for the final 1/3.  It was a good workout before tomorrow's longish run.

Commentary:  So, I'm wondering what you guys/gals think about fashion as it pertains to running.  For instance, my wife was "horrified" by my running outfit yesterday.  Basically, I choose my outfit based on what's on the top of the stack of clothes in my dresser drawer.  Yesterday, I grabbed shorts (the giveaway shorts from the Just a Short Run Half Marathon that are royal blue with florescent yellow writing on them for the sponsors), a mostly white running shirt with gray under the arms, and a part black and orange lightning design doorag.  My socks were white and then I had my red and gray shoes.  I figured the doorag is really just an accessory and I don't choose my watch based on color so why should I worry about my doorag?  Anything goes with white and gray, right?

This is why I only wear dark navy or black slacks for work.  I have 3 pairs of each color.  The navy is actually so dark that I had to write BLK and BLU in the waist band (yes, I'm a fashion loser) so I could tell which they were because unless they were side by side, you couldn't tell the difference - unless you were my wife.  I figure as long as I don't wear a black polo with my navy slacks I'm fine.  Trying to put a tie to a dress shirt can sometimes be a real challenge.  It usually takes me 3-4 tries on Sunday morning to get a tie that goes with my shirt.  If it takes me 5 times, my wife sends my daughter in to "dress her dad."  The only time I don't have the problem is when I dress in all black.  I then just wear my black and yellow Pirates tie and I'm good.

Why does fashion have to be so hard??  It's not like I'm trying to pick up chicks when I'm running and all sweaty anyways.  I wait until later for that...(just kidding).