1pm and 65 degrees. Finally, some relief from the heat! I actually had to take 3 days off after Saturdays race to let my 'tweak' heal. It still a little tight, but my approach to injuries is never to run through them. Better to miss 3 days now than 3 weeks 2 months from now. So today's run was mostly to test out the hip/groin/thigh area. It responded well, but we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Today's run was 9 miles over absolutely and completely flat terrain. One is hard pressed to find a hill in Dundee, Michigan, my 2nd stop on my annual Michigan trip. Last summer I had the humerous pleasure of working out UFD (UnFit Dog), but I haven't been running here so I haven't had the opportunity to jog that thing around the block a few times. I'm sure he's as glad as can be as last summer once around the block nearly killed him. At any rate, today's 9 miles was in 1:05:09 (7:14s -- if we take out the cool down mile it was 7:10s). A good quality run with a progressive build towards a 6:50ish mile, then a slight back down and another smaller build up to a 6:45 mile. Splits as follows:
7:35, 7:24, 7:22, 7:06, 6:49, 7:17, 7:07, 6:46, 7:45 | 