Bret

AM - 6.75 miles easy this morning before work.  All good - feeling rested and strong.   Slight variation on a route that I normally run  - came up just short of the expected 7 miles.  (Had a really good dinner last night of jasmine rice, with carrots, chicken, sugar snap peas, peppers, green onions and water chestnuts - perhaps that contributed to feeling well this morning.) 

Heavy rains and storms again last night left a good deal of damage in the area including some of the temporary structures set up for the Republican National Convention that begins its early start this weekend in Tampa.  There's also a long term projection for a possible hurricane track to affect the area for the upcoming weekend. 

PM - 8.25 miles at lunch on the treadmill. Hill drills workout.  First time for trying these drills on the treadmill.  Did not much care for it.  While one can get a consistent gradient and distance on the machine, getting the proper feel for these drills is a bit tricky with the belt moving and finding a good speed in which to do them correctly and with good form is a bit of trial and error.  I also did 8x8 bursts - which was actually more effective than the drills on the machine.   Feet and legs were more pronounced in their soreness following the session - particularly the back of my right knee.