relentless forward progress

am - very easy 6.5 to work out some of the kinks from the race on Saturday. I haven't been this sore for a while, strange. 7:30

pm - easy 5 on the ballpark loop. 92 and sunny out. 7:20

99 after work. From Vintage to Nunns and back. So nice to have the water fountains every couple miles on a hot but beautiful afternoon. 7:00 avg

Flat loop with 6x 1/4 mile pickups in the middle and a half mile pickup toward the end. 5:30 pace on the pickups. Thankful for clouds. 6:58 a v g

am - Another great run with the 5am fun group. Scott's out of town this week so it was Matt, Dan, Reed, and I. Reed and I threw some faster stuff in on the way back. I love these runs. 10.11 miles 6:50 avg.

pm- 6  easy. 7:20

am - 11 miles up canyon road to the golf course in the wind and back on river bottoms road with no wind. It was hard to get going this morning but I felt great once I did. 6:50 avg

pm - Easy run around town in the new shoes. Picked up some new balance mr00's. Really liking them so far. Feeling good going into tomorrows harder long run/workout.

Drove to the start of the Hobble Creek Half to run the course and get some bonus miles in. I ran the first 2 as warmup and then ran the next 14 miles 1 on 1 off, then cooled down 2. The on miles were 5:42, 5:43, 5:46, 5:44, 5:43, 5:49, and 5:55. I was tired on the last one. I didn't take GU today and stashed water at miles 7 and 14. I'm happy with the effort today. Goal pace next weekend is 5:50. If I break next weekend I want to break myself, not let anyone else do it ;). Off for a picnic and to pick up the car, it's gorgeous up the canyon.

Loving the new shoes. Total time for the run was 1:56 and change for 18.1 miles. 6:26 avg.

Pm- easy hike to get loose. 2 miles