Bret

AM - easy 3.25 miles with some striders this morning.

Des News Half - I turned 50 yesterday and so moved up an age group and earned an over "50 PR" this morning with a relatively disappointing time of 1:40.28 - (I ran 1:25 here 3 years ago to provide some perspective) but did win my age group - so that somewhat compensates for my assessment of my race today.  

I have been doing base training for several weeks and only in the last couple of weeks has my foot injury really begun to feel nearly normal.  Also not being from altitude - I resolved to make my race effort match a target heart rate instead of trying to aim for a goal pace per mile.  As the course flattened so did my pace - so to speak.   

I ran relatively well for the first half and was satisfied with the pace - but I could not maintain that pace at the same HR for the second half - in fact the HR kinda blew up in the last 2 miles even though I had slowed down.  Nevertheless I gave an honest effort today and could not have run any better than I did.  

Here's to hoping that the injury fully resolves itself and I can see some improvement in my racing times over the next few months with better training.   

AM - a little over 2 miles of easy running/jogging.  Not too sore from the race - but trying to be balanced in my approach - allowing for sufficient recovery.

AM - in Palo Alto this morning for business meetings.  5.5 miles - much more humid but cool.  Think I got a little kicker from running at altitude for 8-9 days and doing the race, because my effort at training pace resulted in a bit faster pace per mile today. 

Up very early for a 6 am flight back to ATL - and then just too travel weary to get out for a run once I got home.  So - a day off.

AM - 3 miles with Finn back at home.

PM - 7 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.  Good pace.

AM - 4 miles before heading to the Ocoee river for some whitewater rafting.