Bret

AM - 5 slow easy miles in the rain before church. 

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan on the Milton Trail.  Good bit cooler today with a front having passed through yesterday.   Ran in the new Saucony Ride 18's - which were fine and comfortable.  These were my standard training shoes for a number of years.  I am returning to them because of the lateral midfoot discomfort being aggravated on the left foot from the NB Fuelcells.   The trade off is not having any carbon fiber plate, my upper legs endure much more fatigue.  Once the foot situation settles down a bit more, I may rotate these two shoes. 

AM - a little over 5 miles this morning solo up Dinsmore and through East Bluff and back.  Temperatures the last two days in the upper 40's is almost ideal for a morning run.  The new Rides were comfortable although my pace per mile is a bit slower - but I am not setting records or racing - so I should be pleased to run pain free.  

AM - 5 miles with Dan in WC.  Pace was on the quicker side for Dan - good conversation. 

AM - Thursday tempo run with Dan at Milton HS.   Nice controlled effort, coversational but pushing it - and in the last mile where we do a couple of laps on the track before heading to the cars, Dan said he wanted to cool down but urged me to continue, I ended up with a sub 7 min mile - still with a solid controlled effort.  Weather was perfect again and the route is nearly flat.  Ran in the NB Fuel Cell racers which probably help too.   Super energized afterwards about it.  Not that I am training for a race or anything, but every now and then when you have a run where things just click, it is a good day. 

AM - 3.25 miles easy with Dan and Greg from Starbucks and into North Park and around the lacrosse turf feield a few times.   Greg just surpassed his longest running streak of 466 days and asked us to join him today for that.   He cannot decide if he should end the streak now that he exceeded his past personal record - he's having some overuse niggles that are pushing him in that direction.   Perfect weather and a nice run with good conversation and celebration.  

AM - 10 miles solo today - perfect weather - nice solitude type run with ample springtime birdsong and mist rising up from the valley streams in the early morning moonlight.