Bret

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan through the neighborhood with Finn. 

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton trail.  Did a different loop at the beginning to add some distance.  Nice morning.   2100 meters of indoor rowing.  

AM - just under 6.5 miles with Dan and Finn through the North Valley neighborhood and across Thompson into another one and back.  Chilly again today - long sleeves and gloves for the third day in a row.  We both were complaining that we were ready for warmer weather to finally be here to run shirtless.  I am sure once it starts we will be missing these cool mornings.  2200 meters of indoor rowing afterwards.  

AM - just shy of 6 miles this morning with Dan and Finn from Dan's place.   Ran into a different neighborhood to change up the route a little bit.  Cooler still this morning at 42 degrees.  Decent pace today.  

AM - 5 miles or so with Dan and Finn on the trail.  Quite slow today - and the trail shoes are not the best feel for my bad Achilles - 2200 meters of indoor rowing afterwards. 

PM - 2.25 miles on the treadmill mid-afternoon. 

AM - 8 miles with the guys and two of the dogs from Dan's place.  Slowish because of Rosie - but good conversation.  

AM - 5 miles with Finn early before church.   

AM - 5.5 miles with Finn in the neighborhood in the rain this morning.  Started out with a heavy downpour and unexpectedly some thunder rumbled in the distance - but it let up around a mile in and was very light with no additional thunder.  Ran decently quickly after the usual slow first mile - in fact miles 3-5 were all sub-8 min pace.  The healing of the Achilles is so gradual in its progress and I still have soreness in the left hamstring - but somehow it must not be as painful or as functionally limiting as it has been.  May be asking too much for a completely ache and painfree run?   

2200 meters of indoor rowing afterward.   Did a yoga session yesterday afternoon and one this morning too.   I noticed how tight my lower back etc. was feeling - and decided to re-dedicate some real time to yoga again as I really think it is beneficial to me overall. 

AM - 5 slower miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton Trail.  Dan's got some hamstring tendonitis and so I suggested running easy to start - but we really did not get going too quickly even after he got warmed up.  It's ok - I have been there for months.   Did 2200 meters of indoor rowing and a yoga sesson afterwards. 

AM - 4 early miles with Dan and Finn in the neighborhood before an early morning meeting in my office.   Dan was having some issues again this morning so the pace was slow and a bit interupted.  Good convo though.   

AM - 5.25 miles from Dan's house with Finn.  2100 meters of indoor rowing and yoga afterwards. 

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan and Finn through North Valley from my house.  Had a brief window of no-rain on a cloudy humid morning.   Dan's hamstring was giving him issues or we would have gone longer.   I ran another 2 miles on the treadmill when I got home.  

AM - 8 miles with Greg from downtown.  Dan bailed as he did not feel he could hang with Greg's pace or the distance given his hamstring issues this week.  As it turned out we did not really run as fast as Greg usually likes to go - as he was feeling a bit off today as well.  Did another half mile on the treadmill when I got home as I thought I needed it to get 40 miles in for the week. Turns out that I did not need it after all.  

AM - 7.25 miles - decent to fast pace for me these days - most of the miles were at or below 8 mins after mile 1.   Beautiful morning before church and mother's day events. 

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn in the neighborhood.  

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton trail.  

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and the dogs from his place, but he had an early meeting - which meant we ran a little shorter than normal - so I did a couple more miles when I got back home on the treadmill.  

AM -  5 miles with Dan and Finn on the trail.   Slow going in overgrown fields. 

PM - Dublin, Ireland - 4 miles along the banks or the Quay of the River Liffey.  Celebrating our 33rd wedding anniversary with a trip to Ireland.  

AM - 5 miles wandering around Dublin before Tracy awoke to start the day.  Ran around St Stephens green and around the Aviva stadium and back along the River Liffey to where we were staying across from Trinity College      

AM - 4 miles early before we headed out to get a rental car and began our journey south from Dublin. 

AM - 4 miles around the Mount Juliet estate in County Kilkenny.    Beautiful scenery and nice run.  

AM - 5 miles on a road along the coast of Wexford Ireland.   Cool morning cloudy but pleasant.  Lots of pretty scenery and livestock on the run.   Heading west today. 

AM - fun 5 miles from our hotel in Killarney to the National Park stopping to see the Ross Castle and running the trails behind it and the lake known as Lough Leane.  

AM - 6 miles from the hotel in Killarney - took a slightly different route into the National Park - and through some woods toward the Muckross House that we toured yesterday.   Nice running/cycling path and beautiful scenery.   Running a bit faster in the last few miles this week - perhaps because the routes have been relatively flat, and the Achilles is at least more flexible as it warms up.  Heading up the western coast later today to see the cliffs of Moher before heading back to Dublin later tomorrow to complete our clockwise circle of Ireland.  

AM - 5.5 miles in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland along the Atlantic.  Very different landscape here than in County Kerry yesterday only about 2 hours away.  Windswept rural with cattle and wind turbines but very green in picturesque all the same.  Another run with a faster finish completely unplanned.   

AM - just under 6.2 miles in Dublin.  Last full day here before a mid morning fight home tomorrow.  We've had a really nice stay exploring this country.   Good weather, interesting scenery and friendly people.   This morning's run started well but I made some disappointing turns and it was not as nice or scenic as the first half.  

AM - just under 3.5 miles in Dublin along the River Liffey and around the docks and Grand Canal.  Early start to have breakfast and get off to the airport.  A bit cooler and windier this morning.  We've had really good weather without a drop of rain and some days blue skies and bright sunshine.   It's been an enjoyable time - very informative to me about so many historical aspects of the country and seeing such interesting and beautiful scenery.  But even more than that - it was good to unplug for a bit and to enjoy the time with my bride of 33 years.  Very blessed to be with her and to experience places like this together.  

AM - 5 miles in total this morning at home - run with Dan on the trail with the dogs.  Did a little warm up waiting for him to arrive.   Good to catch-up with each of us being on respective vacations at the same time for over a week.  He and his family went to Spain to pick up his daugher on a study abroad and to explore some of the cities in the country for a week or so.  

AM - about 3.5 miles with Dan from his house early, as he had a doctor's appointment - and then 2 more on the treadmill when I got home.  Weather was pleasant the last couple of days here with very little humidity.  I had been expecting to be in the midst of summer warmth.  

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton trail.   Did not realize how much slower I have been running with him until I was away last week and saw a marked difference in my pace per mile.  Not that I mind, but I happened to notice it the last couple of days when I looked at the watch.  Generally speaking at this point, I much prefer the social aspect of running with a friend over running faster by myself.