Bret

AM - 4.75 miles with Dan and Rosie on the trail.   Still in the 20's the trail surface was frozen - so the mud was easier to traverse.  Gave Finn the day off since he was walking like he had a hind quarter issue following Saturday's longer run. 

AM - 3.6 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton Trail.  Dan is having an issue with the left hamstring now - last year it was the right side and he had PRP which worked very well - so we had to slow down and cut the run short this morning.   Finn seemed ok on the run with his hindquarter issues - but then slept all morning afterwards - so he's not quite back to normal.    I got on the treadmill when I got back to the house and did a couple more miles at a faster pace. 

AM - a little over 5 miles this morning with Finn through Wood Valley and the North Valley neighborhood.  Dan took the day off from running and has an MRI scheduled for today for his left hamstring.  Decent run but Finn is still slightly off his norm - stopped to turn around about 20 meters before we would normally do so.   Temps improving to the upper 30's this morning - less cold weather gear needed.  

AM - just under 5 miles today.  Took things quite slowly and easy mostly on the trail with Finn.  Dan's out until further notice and I felt like I have a possible tweak in the left hip - and generally felt a little like I needed either a day-off or just an easy recovery effort day.   Seemed to be the right choice to run slow and easy on softer terrain - not quite as cold, and though the trail was not frozen, it was also not muddy (rain is expected tomorrow) and the ground was softer as a result.   I did a long loop out of the neighborhood first before entering the trail.  It would have been exactly 5 except that a contractor/construction pick-up truck arrived just was we were reaching the Dinsmore gate - and though it was still dark, I had a headlamp on and I thought they may have a problem with me being on the trail during construction - so we turned around quickly to head back to avoid any interaction in case that area is in fact supposed to be off-limits to the public until completed.  So we ran a bit faster to stay out ahead of the vehicle which seemed at times was stopping to check on equipment - until we exited the restricted area.  

AM - 5 miles with Finn in the neighborhood early ahead of a meeting in the office today.  Slightly faster than yesterday - hip felt fine.  

AM - 5 miles on the Nix road route with Finn - still minus Dan due to his injury.  Cooler yet again this morning in the upper 30's.  

AM - decent long run this morning with Darryl.  The larger Saturday morning group was scattered in response to texts on Friday evening so the two of us just decided to do our own thing - in which I ran from my place to his, and structured a longer loop back near my house and he ran back to his.   Took Finn for a short 1 mile loop before heading out to meet Darryl who just moved into his house which is about 3 miles away just past Bell Memorial Park.   Had a nice relaxed effort with him with some good conversation.  Ended-up just short of 12 miles today.