Doug's Running Thingy

Ravine/Overstreet at 6:45AM - not bad at all.  Just under 8 min for 1-4 miles, then 7:35 for last mile - works for me.  "Racing" an 8K trail course on Saturday... I use the term loosely - will be happy going sub 40 minutes on this course this year - did 34:48 a couple years ago when I was a bit more fit.

Lets see if I can insert an image of the shirts for our XC parents' racing team, the More Olders Racing Team (school mascot is the Marauders...)

Overstreet clockwise - after 1st mile, did 1 minute on (800 m pace) and 1 minute off (easy jog).  Came out to 8X appx 300m - good workout.  Then half mile cool down to the car.

11 miles on the mountain bike (11.2 mph) - dare I say a breath of coolness in the air - nice morning.  Dumbbell circuit and walk/run a couple miles with the wife this evening - she's gonna do the 3K this Saturday while I do the 8K and the boy child races the 5K - you go, girl!

Ravine trail plus north loop plus new trail.  Up at 5:45am to rouse boychild and get him to morning practice by 6:30.  Cracking the whip on him to get to bed earlier does me no good for these early runs if I don't also turn in early - ugh.  No energy to bust the new trail portion (10:45), but probably best since I'm "racing" 8K on Saturday - still thinking sub 40 minutes will be just fine.

8K trail race this morning under overcast skies and 73 degrees - couldn't ask for better conditions for late August in north Florida.  With only a couple months of being back at it to any significant degree, I was hoping to go a little better than 8 minutes per mile steady all the way through.  First mile (7:30) was a little fast on the watch, but felt comfortable, so I tried to maintain that and went 7:38, 7:37, and 7:27 for the next three.  Was really starting to feel the hills on the final 0.9 and covered that in 7:01 for a total time of 37:14.  Will gladly pocket that one and carry on with the plan to work toward low 19s or high 18s in a late season 5K.

Ran/walked the 3K with the wife to warm down.  Boychild walked with us a short while during his cool down as well... after taking 4th in the 5K (17:45) just 10 seconds off his PR - the boys went 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th for 18 points and the team win in this preseason XC/community race.  Big Fun!