Doug's Running Thingy

Overstreet, ravine plus north loop from the gardens trailhead.  Was 32° on the porch, so probably right at 30 on the trails... really need to consider that move to Sarasota.  Nice to have enough light again to run the trails.  Took 2 miles to get warm, and then just cruised right at 8 min pace.  And away we go...

From gardens trailhead, ravine trail plus north loop to start of new trail - ran new trail in 9:35 good hard effort, but didn't expect to be that close to my best time of 9:20.  Maybe I didn't lose too much fitness the past 3 weeks of hit and miss workouts.  Bit warmer this morning at just 37 degrees.

Ravine trail from gardens trailhead at 8 min pace (3 miles) - then, 1 minute on 1 minute off for the 2 flat miles of overstreet - easy warm down for final half mile to car.  First time in a month for this workout and felt pretty good.  Highlight had to be spooking the barred owl off the trail and seeing him head off down the trail with dead squirrel dangling - ahhh, the circle of life.

Sinus drainage all night resulted in no interest in running at 6AM, so ran to work and back this evening.  Its right at 3 miles one way - easy 22:41 there, 6 minutes in my office wrapping up a data compilation that I left processing earlier, and then a decent effort 21:21 on the return trip.

Up early tomorrow and on the road to Gainesville for the Region Championships - Travis also suffering a bit with sinuses - we'll see. 

Productive day around the house resulted in not running until this evening.  Regular 4-miler around the neighborhood nice and easy.  Track workout tomorrow.