Philippians 4:13

5.5 miles on a nice afternoon after church with Moxie.  Stress reliever. (Mirage Gray)

4:30am...5 easy miles with Moxie and ran the first few with Curt who I met as I was heading out the door. Overdressed. (Mirage Gray)

Trying accupuncture today...interesting...not quite what I expected but I do think my legs/body feel better.  Wait and see the results this week.

4:45am...6 miles with Moxie on a cool morning.  Leg(s) feel really good!  (Mirage Gray)

4.25 miles with Justin after school. (Impulse)

4:45am...5 easy miles with Moxie. (Mirage Gray)

Nice day at lunch, though it was a bit windy heading out and thus warmer coming back.  6.5 miles total in 44 minutes. Progression run: 7:12, 7:00, 6:43, 6:35, 6:17, 6:25 (ankle tweak at 5.25 miles, had to work it out), 0.5M cooldown. Felt controlled and mostly easy...hammy felt good but I did notice it.  Hopeful for an easy 10K this weekend. (Ride 5)

4:45am...5 easy miles with Moxie on a nice morning. (Mirage Gray)

6.25 miles with DanS on a glorious day at lunch.  Warm, no wind, sunshine...no shirt!  Great run with a good friend.  (Ride 5)

Happy National Beer day!

4:45am...Moxie and I went out for an early run.  After 3 miles, we ran into Curt running with his dog, Roscoe.  We ran another 6 miles with them...Moxie has a running buddy!  Good run, Curt psuhed me to run faster than normal for a early morning run.  Nice to run with a friend.  (Mirage Gray)

Justin and I ran the Cause and Event races today to support our friend Erik who was the major sponsor (Thrivent Financial). He and I warmed up 2.5 miles to try to figure out the course a bit.

The gun went off for the 9/11K (5 minutes before the 5k, on the same out and back section of the course!).  Erik was immediately out in the lead and Tom Lloyd and I trailed.  I kept him in sight for about a mile then he just took off.  I really only looked at the first few miles on the watch (5:42, 5:50, 5:58) then I hit the slower crowds on the trail and they would not move over.  Next few miles started to slow and I was in a solid second place with no chance to move up or down.  Legs were feeling it from lack of training, so I just kept steady.  The 10K course was a mess with  several 180's and lots of turns which confused many people, some of  whom cut the course.  Plus, the change in the course in the last week due to flooding made the course long (6.6 miles).  I ran a 39:43 for the distance and felt ok.  The results were all fouled up but the finish line area was fun and it was a fun run for good charities.

Spent the day visiting family, friends and hanging out with our hosts in East Boise (great location) and eating Ethiopian food (a first for all of us!).  A great day!