The Next Step

More hiking in the Smoky Mountains.  Did about 6 miles with 3000 ft elevation gain and a 30 lb backpack.  It was a nice day but a little cloudy.  Spent the night up on Mt LeConte which was really fun.

Last day of hiking in the Smokies.  Did over 8 miles but only around 1000 ft of elevation gain.  Had a good time be their with my wife.  Will be glad to get back to running.

Had to get up at 4:30 am to fly out to San Diego today.  Had a full day of meetings when I got their and then went to dinner with a friend that I ran CC with in HS.  I hadn't seen him in 30 years so it was really cool catching up.

San Diego:  Did an easy 7 miles on a beautiful day.  I felt pretty good but was tired from all the travel and the lack of sleep.  Nothing special but glad to get back out running.  Didn't have my watch but just ran easy.

San Diego:  Out early this morning before flying back to Indy.  I felt good and the running came easy.  I picked it up throughout the run and ran some of the miles at MP but since it was dark I didn't pay a lot of attention to the watch.  Nice run.

Back home in Indiana and it was a beautiful morning around 60 degrees and clam.  I felt a little tired from the trip back yesterday and some jet lag.  I did an easy few miles to get warmed up and felt some better.  Then I did 12 x 1:00 with 1:00 recovery at around tempo pace (between 6:10 and 6:20).  The first couple I didn't feel the best but got better as I went along.  This was a good warm up for some more speed work that I will start over the next few weeks.  I would like to get a good 10k in this fall and focus on a faster half later in the fall.

59:55 (7:30 avg)

Another nice morning with temps in the upper 50's.  It has been awhile since we had temps like this.  I felt pretty good today and just enjoyed the nice morning and listening to some music as I went along.  I need to get my mileage back up I have been real inconsistent lately and I know it is hurting my training.  Just been crazy with work, travel, etc.  Hopefully, things will settle down soon.

1:35:56 (8:00 avg)