Kerry's Running Blog

I talked my home teacher into joining me for part of my run this morning. We started off right at 6:00 under beautiful, clear skies and temperatures in the low 40's. Richard has jogged off and on over the last couple of years, but hasn't done too much lately. We jogged and walked for better than a mile and a half, before he needed to head home to get ready for work. I'm hoping to convince more of our neighbors to join us on Monday mornings. It was nice having someone to talk to. After Richard headed back, I continued my normal route, adding a steep uphill section towards the end. With the nicer weather there were a lot more people out this morning.

Easy run today as I pushed it a little harder yesterday. It was a lot warmer than I expected after listening to the weather report last night (they predicted a cold front would move through after midnight and temperatures would drop 20 degrees or more). There was a lot of dust in the air from the wind blowing from the south. Mix in some automobile exhaust and it would great training for Beijing (there may be some skill I can pick up between now and then that would still allow me to qualify).

Beautiful morning for a run. Clear skies and 27 degrees. Average pace was 8:55. I didn't have the best night of sleep, but I wasn't dragging when I got up.  The highlight of my run was seeing Richard Lamb, my home teacher (and former HPGL), coming the other direction as I was rounding the pond. We ran together on Monday morning and talked about training and what it takes to see any improvement. The cold and dark may have discouraged a lot of people from getting out this morning, but Richard is a veternarian from Wyoming who thinks 10 degrees and a 30 mph wind is kite flying weather. Richard is also an avid Scuba diver and trained for dives in the North Atlantic by breaking through the ice to dive at that same Highland Glen pond. If your handcart company was stranded in Wyoming during a snow storm, he's the kind of guy that you'd want coming to the rescue. We're planning to run again on Monday, rain or shine.