Bret

AM - 4 easy recovery miles before church.  Travel this afternoon.  

AM - 5.5 miles in our Nation's Capital around the Hill and looped around the Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and back to the hotel.  It's a different vibe here than in years past.   

AM - 7 miles in DC - made my way around the Lincoln Memorial and the bridge over the Potomac along the Mt Vernon trail and back over to the tidal basin to get some sunrise photos of the Cherry Blossoms.  Felt terrible the whole run - possobly nutritional or maybe the new shoes but legs felt like lead.   Nice morning though. 

AM - 4.75 miles on the trail with Dan.  Felt much better today than yesterday - had been nutrition and better shoes.  

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan on the Milton Trail.  At the suggestion of Chat GPT I switched to Saucony Rides that I used to run in to alleviate the lateral foot callus/discomfort - and it was effective for that - but also, now my quads are sore from additional fatigue that the FuelCell's carbon plate was absorbing?  I plan to alternate/rotate shoes - for faster or longer efforts use the NB FuelCells and for shorter, easier training runs, use the Rides.  At least that's my current plan. 

PM - 5.5 miles at lunchtime as I was taking my daughter and grandkids to the airport this morning when I would normally run.  Much warmer midday - stayed mostly on the trail and a little in East Bluff.  Did about 1500 meters of indoor rowing afterwards.  

AM - 8 easy/low intensity miles with Dan and Darryl through Crabapple and Milton HS - including their cross country course in the woods.  Dan wrapped up a little over 5 miles in, and then Darryl and I continued for a few more including a couple of laps on the middle school track.  Good conversation - light effort but not too light.