7 miles at the mystery field track. Ran everything easy except miles 3 and 5  (6:39, 7:08). Last mile barefoot on the grass. Avg. for the run 8:37.                                                                                                                                                                              wt 42 miles     

Easy 5 miles. From work. Sun, low 70's.

WT 39 miles.

9.2 miles / doldrums. Sunny, warm. From work.

WT 41.2 miles

Took the dog out for an easy 4 miles on the fire break road this morning. Mostly cloudy and warm, wind out of the south.

WT 45.2 miles

I don't know what's up with my body lately but I haven't really felt decent for a couple of weeks. This morning was such a struggle. It's frustrating because I'm not doing anything different as far as diet goes, and my miles, while on the low end, should still be enough to maintain whatever meager conditioning I had achieved over the Spring. Well, there is one change, but I really have a hard time accepting that this could be why I'm not "feeling it" on my runs lately. About a month ago I quit taking most of the vitamin supplements that I've been using the last several years. There's just nothing out there that I can find that indicates vitamin supplements  make any difference at all. So I thought I'd try going without vitamins for a while (except Emergen-C, which I still use everyday). So, I stopped my daily multi-vitamin, the extra 500mg of vitamin C, and the B vitamins. So, this could be one of those "well no kidding you feel lethargic Jimmy!" But really? Vitamin supplements? Anyone have an opinion about this?

6.2 miles / Sunset run on the fire break road. Felt good and was able to push at will.

WT 51.4 miles

5 miles / Pretty much the most uneventful run ever. 1/2 mi. barefoot on school field.

WT 46.4 miles

5 miles / Ran a 5k in Centerville with a 2 mile warm up before the race. Ran it 30 seconds slower than last year. I'm fine with it because I haven't been training well, and last night, this is no exaggeration, I literally slept about an hour. I took some allergy meds around 11:00 PM. Usually I fall asleep before they kick in so it's not an issue, but last night for some reason I didn't fall asleep at my usual time and just tossed and turned until the wee hours of the morning. Then I had to get up for the race.

It was a lot of fun though. Lysa and her husband Scott ran, as well as Scott's brother  (my old buddy Gary), and my wife Annie. This is the second year in a row that we've all done this (Gary's first year), so it's dangerously close to becoming a tradition. Good start to the weekend. Achilles made no protest at all (maybe just the slightest tweaking, maybe). A good little workout for me.

WT 41.5 miles