Bret

AM - 3.5 miles with Finn early before church.  

AM - just under 5.25 miles with Finn through the neighborhood in the the Grove and back.   Tried the Kinvara's this morning - thinking that the Achille's recovery was at a point to test some normal training shoes.  Not there yet, unfortunately.  Took a good 2 miles to warm up in them and still had discomfort all the way until the last mile - with lingering achiness afterward.   Back to the Alphafly's for a while longer. 

AM - 5.25 miles with Finn starting from Wood Rd. and with a variation on the normal route out the horse farm trails.  Dan is out of town the next couple of days.  Much better run today in the Alphafly's. 

AM - 4.25 miles with Finn in the neighborhood.  Got out a little late and my watch battery died rather abruptly halfway through even though I had started with nearly 30% battery.   Ran in the newer version of the AlphaFlys which I think has a 8 mm drop versus the 4 mm drop in the older version - also the design around the back of the shoe is slightly different.   Not as comfortable as the old ones as related to the Achilles issue but not as bad as running in the Kinvaras two days ago.  Need to find a solution since Nike no longer makes the older model and finding them on Ebay in my size is challenging and expensive.  Was hoping that the progression of recovery woud have me back in normal training shoes by now.  

Heading out this afternoon with Tracy to Florence Italy for daughter #2's wedding this weekend (actually it is on Monday).   

PM - arrived mid morning in Florence but our bags did not make the connection in Paris - so we made the best of it.  Tracy got air sickness and had to sleep it off so I went for a walk around the city.  Eventually we had a late lunch - but with no definite time as to when our bags would arrive at the hotel and a run streak to maintain - I bought an inexpensive pair of running shoes and some clothes and did a pre dinner run along the Arno River.   Achilles tendon did not like the shoes but I got some good photos and kept it short and easy.  

AM - random run through the heart of Florence and when I ended up back at the hotel at about 5k - it seemed like enough for the day.  Bags arrived this morning so we are otherwise all set to enjoy the weekend pre-wedding and wedding events with the rest of the family and guests who are arriving today and tomorrow.   

AM - a little under 6.5 miles in a park that I had not realized was so close to our hotel.  Beautiful running trails under a canopy of hardwood early fall.