AM: Picked Toni up and then headed over to Runner's Corner to do a 13-15 mile run this morning. Went into this run with the mindset that I would just ease into the pace and hopefully be able to maintain some kind of normalcy since the last two weeks have not been much but recovery running. First 7.5 miles up the canyon were easy 7:30 pace avg. Tris, Dan, Danya and Toni all were pretty much together for these miles and then Dan and Tris went longer. Me, Toni and Danya turned around and headed back. I stayed about a minute or so behind those two. They were clicking some low 6's and I felt high 6's and right at 7 minute pace was plenty for me coming back. Didn't feel like my legs got wamred up til about mile 10. I had a stomach ache the entire run. It was very irritable and never felt like I could relax breathe and enjoy the run. By mile 13 I was definitely feeling tired and just jogged it in the last mile and half. This was a fun run though. Really cool to get to know some new faces. The weather was really nice and hardly any wind. Love how everyone was bundled up being temps of 54-61. I had to take my shirt off after 10. Too hot. Danya is a beast. She looked really strong. Her story about the cactus at PHX was crazy. I actually remembered her dropping out. Cannot believe she made it to mile 20 in that scenario. Bought some new balance 1400's for tempo and fartlek runs. They have all the colors one needs to look fast. Excited to put them to use. I feel like myself again so I think I will see how I feel by Thursday and hopefully feel good enought to do the Leopard 5k. | 