May the Mass x Acceleration be with you

8 miles in 1:01:51

Feeling better today, less tightness in the legs. I've come to the conclusion that I need to not take days off, even after long races. My legs get tight and running hurts if I have more than a couple days of break.

Leaving for Disneyland tomorrow. I'm not sure how much I will get in while down there, so wanted to get a decent run in today. I started out planning to do 6,  but would cut it short if things didn't go well. Instead I felt good enough to lengthen to 4 out.

Splits: 8:04 - 7:53 - 7:54 - 7:42 - 7:31 - 7:40 - 7:43 - 7:26

5.75 miles in 45:40, around Disneyland

I wanted to get in about 6 miles, but no more than that. This worked out well. I ran down Ball road to Walnut, tried to run through a neighborhood but it didn't go through due to railroad tracks and a small aquaduct that runs through Anaheim. It was fun to explore a bit, and kept the pace easy. The plan is to head over to the park about 9:30 and spend many hours there!

Splits: 7:47 - 7:51 - 8:05 - 7:58 - 8:06 - 5:53 (.75 - 7:49/mile)

4 miles in 30:34, around Anaheim/Disneyland area.

A little crazy, but I wanted to get just a short run in today. We were at the park by 8:00AM, spent the morning and came back to hotel by 2:30 PM. Went for a short swim in the ice-cold pool, then waited for the heavy lunch from the Blue Bayou to finish going down. Also took a brief nap. By this time it was 4:20 PM, and was 88 degrees out. Now, I am used to running in upper 40s to maybe low 50s right now. Anything over 50 and I am in short sleeves and shorts, so 88 was a bit of a shock to the system. Never the less, I actually felt better as the run progressed.

Kind of a boring course, but I headed out Manchester and Clementine to Katella. There is a Disney Cast Member parking lot there, so had to turn left and head up a block and kept going South on whatevere road that was. Ran down to Chapman. Saw what I thought was the Crystal Cathedral, so kept heading in that direction until I got to 2 miles and had to turn around. We drove by there the next day and verified it was, in fact, the Crystal Cathedral. Pretty amazing architecture!

Splits: 7:46 - 7:44 - 7:43 - 7:21

10 miles around Disneyland aread in 1:20:24

I decided to beat the heat by running early again. Actually, we weren't going into the park today, so it was good to get the run in in the morning and then have a fairly relaxed day. I did not intend to run 10 miles, but only 8. However,  I mapped out the course ahead of time on google maps and didn't pay enough attention to which mile I was at as I went along, so ended up going out 5 miles instead of 4. The good news was that I didn't notice this until 8 was at 8 miles. I tihought I was at 7 with a mile to go, but figured out I was already at 8 miles with 2 to go.

My legs were pretty tired by today, 3 days in the park plus 2 runs. My legs were sore and ached from the first steps and hurt the whole way. Also, my groin injury was more painful that it's been in a couple months and was a problem for the whole run. Other than that it was a good run. I did more exploring, though I checked to find which streets went through. I visited a couple small parks along the way, one of which I was familiar with.

Splits: 8:07 - 7:56 - 8:08 - 8:03 - 8:04 - 8:13 - 7:56 - 8:05 - 8:14 - 7:38