Don't Sacrifice the Gift.

8- Middleton Trail-- I decided that I was going to do my long run for this week today instead of Saturday like I had originally planned.  I figured that I am not really going to want to do a longer run while up north with family on the day of my mom's wedding.  So, hence I'm doing it today.  I felt pretty good today, Andrew gave me some shoes that he had that he can't run in without hurting himself ... I'm glad that I don't pronate.  At first I wasn't sure how I liked them.  They felt a lot different than other shoes I've had, but as I continued, the more I liked them.  

Toward the end of my run, I did 3 x 1:00 fartleks with 2:00 rec.  Those felt really good.  But I felt a little tired at the end of the run.  

5- S. Jordan-- Went on a run with Andrew and Jarron this morning,  Nice easy pace up by a golf course.  It was a little harder to breathe with the higher elevation.  Overall a really nice run.  Good to run with the Bros!

5- S. Jordan-- Went out by myself today.  I wanted to find a lot of grass to do some barefoot in, and found one by a church building a mile away from my mom's house.  So I did 3 miles barefoot around the field and then back.  I think it may have been a little to much barefoot, since it's been awhile since running barefoot.  My feet were pretty tired.  But for the most part it felt really great.  I have always loved running barefoot.

5- S. Jordan-- So today was an interesting run... I went out a little early, so I would still have time to get ready for my Mom's wedding.  The run started out fairly well, but then about half way through I got a terrible dose of... the runs...  I had to take a few breaks so nothing would... sneak out.  I made it back safely!  So that was a great bonus.  But besides all that, my legs feel pretty good.

6.5- Home from work--  So if I could descripe this run in one word, that word would definetly be HOT!  Holy Moly!  So far, today has been the hottest day of the year.  I took about four stops along the way to get some water and try to cool off.  Because of the stops, this had to be the longest 6.5 miles I have ever run!

6.5- To work-- This morning I ran to XC practice before I had to leave to get to work.  I was a pretty good run for the most part.  I somehow hurt my back this last weekend, slept on it wrong or something, but yesterday running helped it feel a little better.  I was hopefull that that would be the case again today.  It helped for a little bit but about 30 minutes after I finished the pain came back with a vengance.  I guess we will see how I feel tomorrow and see if I would still like to run.