Bret

AM - 6 miles in WV.  Started in town and ran up the extension to Rte 2 to Glen Dale past the high school and back down the river trail.  Decent pace and good HR but felt stiff and clunky rather than easy and smooth.  

AM - 5.25 miles out to the 12th Street Park and then some add-ons up down Rte 2 past Kroger and then back up into town. Still felt a bit off and so ran easy for the first few miles before getting into my normal pace. 

AM - 10 miles in Moundsville up to Glen Dale and out Little Grave Creek and back along the Ohio River Trail - second half of the run was  much faster at sub 8 minute pace.   Good run today.  

AM - easier 4.75 miles this morning in the rain mainly staying in Moundsville - just touching into Glen Dale past Dicarlos Pizza and back down the extension.  Got warmed up into normal pace sooner today at just over a mile instead of 2 or 3 miles.  

AM - 5 miles in White Columns solo as Finn is still at the vet/boarding and Dan is travelling.   Decent effort in terms of pace following the first two miles.

AM - Easy trail run with Dan and the dogs.  Good to catch up after each of us was traveling over the a long weekend.  His daughter graduated from Michigan with her masters in business and is set to start her first job in June and his youngest child starts college in the Fall at Va Tech.  

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan and the dogs from his house on to the horse farm trail roads in the rain.  Good conversation, and the rain was light and almost not noticeable.  

AM - 4 miles easy with Finn very early in the neighborhood as I had an early meeting in the office today.  Feeling stronger as I get into the second to third mile on each run in the last week or so, to where my avg pace is low 8's to sub 8 after a mile or two of warming into the effort.  

AM - just less than 4.5 miles in what turned out to be a walk/run with Dan who had a sudden hamstring cramp/injury at just under 2 miles - so we jogged and walked it back in.  

AM - longer run with the guys in the rain from Summit Elementary.  Solid effort on the hills.  

AM - 4.75 miles with Finn on the roads where weekday traffic is too high, but Sunday morning allows for it.  Was not really feeling it today - and considered a shorter effort, but ended up close to my daily average. 

AM - 4.5 miles with Finn in some heavy rain - ran through the golf course and exited via the gated section of WC.  Not exactly an enjoyable effort in such a slog. 

AM - 3 mile walk/jog with Dan with his new injured hamstring protocol...good to connect and chat.   The trail was a muddy mess in areas but not too much trouble since we were not really running all that much in those spots. 

AM - 5.25 miles with Finn through East Bluff up Thompson and down Dinsmore.  Very slow clunky-feeling start.   We were between passing thunderstorms and I was trying to get the run done outside before the next wave arrived.   Nearly made it, but the last half mile had lots of lightning close by and heavy rains.  

PM - 6.5 miles in Amsterdam from my hotel and around Vondel Park.  Decent pace - beautiful weather - lots of people and bikes.  

AM - 5 miles around the park behind the hotel and then a little exploring the east part of the city.  

AM - 3.75  easy miles on a travel day from Amsterdam to Paris.

AM - 5 miles from the first hotel we stayed in Paris.   Ran along the river from Gare de Lyon up to Notre Dame - and a little bit beyond.   It appeared that there was some type of oganized road race but not starting until perhaps later in the morning, because I saw runners warming up and ultimately ran past the finishing line and chute on my way back along the Seine. 

AM - from our nicer hotel in Paris in the 7th - I ran out towards the Eifel Tower and then across the river up to the Arc de Triomphe and down along the Champs Ellysee and then back.   Lots of traffic with people getting to work on bikes and cars at the time I ran.   Beautiful weather.  

Celebrating 35 years of marriage today.

AM - easy 4 miles ahead of a conference I am attending.  Ran along the river again.  Noticed later that a former colleague of mine from Singapore had run a similar route as me on Strava perhaps 30 mins later.   We ran into each other at the conference having not previously known we were both attending.  

AM - feeling sluggish with a bit of a head cold the last two days and knowing I had a long flight home ahead of me, I ran very easy, and ultimately decided to go short, when I turned my ankle on some cobblestones.   Not too severe of an injury but it will probably take a week or two before its back to normal. 

AM - walk/jog trail run with Dan and Rosie back at home from a long day of travel yesterday.  Good to be back on home soil - which was fairly muddy :)

AM - 5.25 miles with Finn

AM - 13 miles total for the morning.  Couple of miles with Finn to give him some exercise because he really should not be doing long runs at his age.  Then met with the group at Summit Hill.  Started slowly with Dan who is nursing a hamstring.  We caught Ryan and Ben at just around a mile but a half mile later his injury became worse and so I ran /walked with him back to the cars hoping to see Darryl who had called running late but he was a no show.  Ran solo until about 5.5 miles when I saw the guys heading back but I didn't turn around there but kept going past the gated section of WC.   I ended up going back on Redd and met up with Ben for the last mile or so - fast of course with him.  

AM - woke up late and it was raining hard - so I opted for a couple of miles on the treadmill.  

AM - 5 miles with Finn on the Birmingham loop with light traffic on this holiday.   Legs felt heavy and slow - so I didn't grind but kept it easy and smooth.   Lots of rain overnight - but not too bad when we ran.  

AM - 3 miles very early because of a flight and travel to NYC with a car pick-up at 5 am.  Avoided the rain somehow.  

AM - 6 miles in Central Park in New York- here on business.  Ran quite quickly at tempo for some unknown reason.  

AM - 3.25 miles in Central Park quite early in a light rain before heading to the airport.  Unless, I was out too early, it would appear that most of the runners in NYC choose not to run in the rain, because I think I saw a total of 3 runners in the park this morning whereas it usually has so many runners on a regular basis that it resembles a race.   

AM - 5 miles with Finn in the neighborhood and around the golf course...much slower on the hills and in the humidity and with the dog than I was running in NYC earlier this week.  

AM - 2 miles with Finn to give him some exercise because I was going to do a long run and he's no longer really able to safely do that at his age I think.   Then I met Ryan and Darryl at Summit Hill.  Pace was much more reasonable with them.  Ryan peeled off at around 7 miles and Darryl a little over 8 miles - and I did another 4 on my own a little faster than with them.  Good conversation - solid run.