Today was my first day back to running after being down with the sickness. I was on a business trip last week to San Fransisco and was not really able to enjoy the weather because I was coughing up my lungs and congested like crazy. I probably could have gotten out for a run over the weekend but decided that I would rather get a good week of running in as opposed to making my lungs unhappy by getting back to it too soon. Today I did some light off road on a trail near my house. The course was pretty mello, no hills to speak of and I took my dog with me to keep me at a reasonable pace so that I didn't push it too fast. It was a warm day which was beautiful for running. I felt really good and strong for the whole run. I am going to start extending the distance of my daily runs. I am going to shoot for 5 miles on my next couple of runs. I am pretty excited since the furthest I have ever gone is a little over six miles. | 