Clyde's Comeback!

Middle B-hills loop early with Paul and Steve. Then hit the inner loop alone with a little extra. Warm out due to some cloud cover. 82 F when we started at 5:30 a.m. Legs felt pretty good. Quads are a little sore from the down hill on Saturday and my right ankle was swollen all day yesterday and again today. But I don't remember hurting it. Must have been wake boarding on Saturday. 

4 miles this afternoon on the treadmill. It was really hot outside and I didn't want to trash the system out for the rest of the week. So I stayed in on the treadmill. However in my garage it was close to 100 F with little air flow but the good news was there was no direct sun light zapping me out. So it was still pretty grim. Watched PTI and tried not to think about the heat. 

Logan and Billy showed up for the weekly tempo run. However we were all not really into tempoing it. Just a little stiff and sore from the 20 down the course last week. So we opted to just run. Billy boy had to cut it short so out in the fields he turned off. Logan and I ran the regular tempo loop but once we got to River Road we went back out around Stone Cliff and into Little Valley that way to extend the distance. 7:04 avg for the run. We were both really dry by the end. A drink was heavenly. 

Out early to run the Bloomington/ Morningside loop. Crazy that this run and yesterdays were almost exactly the same distance (15.03 yesterday, 15.00 today). Now I know I have 2 almost perfect and different 15 mile loop courses right from my driveway. Kept it honest this morning and hit a 7:00 avg. But I actually beat the 7 min guy with a lean at the finishing line. Good run. I can't wait til fall. 

Regular B-hills loop. Kind of sore and wore out. No watch. Gave the Stake President a passing high five coming up the trail. Good to see he's inspired to run:)

Running club tonight was HOT. 103 F in the shade when I left to go over. Out on the black top it was a fools trail to be on. But 6 of us did it anyway. I came prepared with a waterbottle for each hand. A soaked shirt and hat then I resoaked it all at mile 6 at the park. Didn't try and push. I wore a pair of shoes I haven't wore in over a year... ended up with a blister on my pinky tow on the left foot. I'm starting to dislike club runs in the summer.

Up early and hit the River road/ DC loop. Felt slow and dead. No watch. Pulled a dead raccoon out of the road by the gas station on River Road. Didn't want a big bloody mess to drive through later on in the day. It was 83 F when I left the house just after 5 a.m. It's gonna be a hot one. 

Up at 3:50 to be running by 4:15 with Logan and Aaron. It was hot. 84 F when I left the house and went outside to meet the guys. We ran an out and back 9 mile route around the park, into B-hills and down the river trail into Bloomington for a mile on the loop. Then turned around and came back. My garmin flaked out at mile 13.5 but at that point we were at a 6:55 avg then started speeding up hitting around 6 min pace to finish off the last 3 or so miles. I had no plans this morning other than to survive the run with the heat and all. Next week is only going to get hotter too. MUTHER! Once we got back to the house Aaron and I did a 1.3 mile cool down around the mini Little Valley loop. Overall felt pretty good this morning in the legs. Hammy was a little sore but nothing else hurt. Oh the joys of age.