Bret

AM - 3 mile jog with Finn before church.  Consciously tried to keep my effort as easy as possible.

AM - 5 miles with Finn in the neighborhood.   Good bit faster than yesterday.  Really trying to keep the efforts light and no straining or pushing as I am now less than 2 weeks before Chicago.  Even though my planned effort in Chicago will be to match pace with Richie - which I expect to be around about 9 min pace - which should be well within my level of fitness; I will also be doing NYC 3 weeks later with my two daughters - and so I will just be trying to do these events with measured sustainable efforts.  

AM - a little over 5 miles this morning with Finn.  Parked at Wood Rd. but ran up Freemanville and ran the Summit trail and then looped back down Phillips Circle and added maybe a half mile on the Milton Trail before turning back.  I think Finn was a bit tired today - with two runs in a row of over 5 miles because instead of being always directly in front of me, he was more at my side than normal.  

AM - 3 miles on the trail with Finn.  He was not feeling well all day yesterday after our run, so I used him as an excuse to run a little shorter today.

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and Finn from Milton HS and through Crabapple.  Decent pacing - slightly faster than normal with Dan.  I don't feel great - just a little fatigue/lack of pop or strength but not sick and no injuries.   

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan and Finn very early because I had a dentist appointment.  Decent run - just maintaining.  

AM - 8.5 miles with Finn and Dan and a new coworker of Dan's named Darrell. We started from my house did a loop around the trail with Finn and then dropped him off at the house to run a few more miles in the neighborhood. At one point I had stopped my watch and forgot to restart it but the total mileage on Dan's watch was 8.5. Enjoyed meeting Darrell who is a bit younger and more of a triathlete than a runner - but very fit and I enjoyed the conversation and a new member of our Saturday morning running group.