Chad's Runs

I wanted to go 6 but my right ankle was hurting more than I wanted so I erred on the side of caution and went 4.5.  My left one didn't hurt at all so that is great progress.  I'll find out tomorrow how much better it is.

I should have run yesterday but I couldn't find the motivation.  Crap, I've got to get with it. 

No running today.  My ankles do feel better today than the day after previous runs so that is encouraging.  I'll be back at it tomorrow.  So #3 just turned 8 a few months ago and has his first pinewood derby today.  Check out this cool car we built.

6 miles on the JRP.  I ran south this time into Saratoga Springs.  I haven't run that far south for a while and I forgot what great views of the lake there are.  I really enjoyed it.  Down in Saratoga Springs I heard a bunch of geese.  They were loud!  As I got closer to the sound the sky turned black.  There was one, maybe two thousand GEESE.  There is a big field north of the neighborhood I was running in.  They must have been there when something scared them.

As for my ankles?  They didn't feel as good as they did on Tuesday.  Crap.

I love running in the rain.  I wanted to run 7.5 but thought my ankles would keep me at 6.  I ran south again into Saratoga Springs and was really enjoying the run.  My ankles felt good so I ran past the 3 mile turn around then ran past the 3.75 turn around and finally turned around at 4.5.  There were beautiful views of the stormy lake and lakeside houses.  There is even a little gravel trail right down next to the lake that I didn't know was there.  There wasn't quite enough gravel to keep all the mud away but it wasn't too bad.  So I turned around at 4.5 and took roads next to the lake view "mansions" on the way back.  This added the about an extra half mile.  My ankles didn't bother me at all after about 2.5-3 miles.  That was very encouraging, but I was still adding in a one minute walk break out of every seven.  I'm going to keep doing that until the day after improves.  I'm always sore the next day and I hope these extra miles don't set me back.  I haven't been bringing my GPS.  I want to run what feels good, so the miles are actually estimates based on the time I'm running.  It's probably pretty close.