Kerry's Running Blog

Left the house around 5:15 am after walking the dog. Warm and humid this morning, with some cloud cover. Felt pretty good for the most part, although my calves were a little tighter than I would have expected. Didn't see too many others out this morning, but thought I heard someone cry out as I was nearing the south end of the Highland Glen road. I stopped for a few minutes to listen, but didn't hear or see anything else. It was still pretty dark. Stopped again when I came back that way after looping around the pond, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Left the house about 5:15 am. There was a nearly full moon low in the west, but it was mostly obscured by clouds. Temperature was in the low 70's with fairly high humidity. Warm breeze coming out of the canyon. With the cloud cover it was kind of dark heading up the canyon, but I had my headlight and could still see where I was going. For some reason there was a lot of cars heading up the canyon this morning (around 15 or so). My quads were a little sore on the way up, but not enough to really affect my pace. I turned around at the 9 mile marker and pushed it pretty hard on the way down. Felt a little more tired than usual as I hit the uphill section before the pumping station. Was hot and a little dehydrated when I finished, but felt pretty good over all. No aches or pains to speak of. Average pace was 9:02. 

One of the prettiest mornings in recent memory. There was a full moon in the southwest and Mars and Saturn were just brilliant above Mt. Mahogany. I didn't check the temperature before leaving, but I'd guess it was in the lower 60's. Didn't feel as humid. Kind of started off slow, but got in the groove after a mile or so. Just enjoyed the quiet. Outside of the occasional car, didn't see anyone or anything moving about until I was about a half mile from. home.

Beautiful early morning run with Laureen. With the full moon we were able to leave early and not need a headlamp. Amelia didn't join us as she's been having problems with her knee, but she ended up doing 11 or so while we were gone. We all went out for muffins and smoothies afterwards. All in all, a great start to the day.