run, run, run

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:03 Avg HR: 148

Just the usual MWF morning run. We weren't going very fast until we were on McMillian and saw some guy coming toward us at a pretty good clip. We turned left and could I could tell that he turned down the same street just after we did. I could hear him behind us and knew he would pass us if we kept up that pace -- which was fine with me. But it aparently wasn't fine with Randy. The next thing I know he's running up ahead of me and I'm trying to catch up. Don't know whatever happened to the guy in the brown shirt, but it did get my heart rate up a bit.

Meridian, ID 6:10 am

Pace: 8:30 Avg HR: 142

I went Cloverdale to Pine to Meridian to Ustick. I usually take that route in the other direction, but I don't like running on Ustick in the dark in the morning traffic. A good run but uneventful except for a mean little dog that came at me. The kid holding the leash was probably nine years old and it took everything he had to hold the dog back.

iPod song of the day: "The Song of the Heart" (Happy Feet) -- Prince

Boise, ID 6:30 pm

Pace: 8:04 Avg HR: 147

Pretty normal MWF morning run. Weather was nice in the mid 60s and I felt pretty good running this morning.

Boise, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 8:33 Avg HR: 142

Just a run around the block. A really big block. Cloverdale to Overland to Five Mile to Ustick. Kept it pretty easy this morning. Didn't look at my watch very much. Mainly because it was dark most of the time.

iPod song of the day: "I Would Do Anything" -- Meat Loaf

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 7:52 Avg. HR: 151

I planned on taking it easy this morning, saving up for my long run on Saturday. For some reason it didn't work out that way. This morning was all business for me. We got up to a pace under 8 in the second mile and held it the whole way. No talking, just running.

My wife would never understand that. Her morning runs with Sally are all about the conversation. Running is secondary.

Boise/Garden City/Eagle, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 9:08 Avg HR: 144

Not exactly the confidence boost I'd hoped it would be. I ran the same route as last Saturday and comparing the split times, my pace was slower on every mile. Maybe I just pushed things a little too hard this week and didn't have enough left in the tank. Maybe it just wasn't my day.

 Weather was nice with mostly overcast skies. I saw the strangest think on the Greenbelt in Eagle. This little dog comes around the corner running at full speed. It zips right past me and continues down the trail. Then maybe thirty seconds later, he comes back the other way doing the same thing. He got in one last repeat and I didn't see him again. That was a fast dog.

iPod song of the day: "Down the Road" -- Van Morrison