Today was a day when the "plan" and "what actually happened" are not the same. I had planned to join in with the SF running club for 5 miles before heading off on my own towards Springville for 7-8- more miles to watch Tom come in at the Hobbler 5K. The plan started right. I met up with a good sized group and did our regular route. The first three miles I ended up in conversation with Ken and Chad which meant I was in the lead group. It was actually feeling really good, in fact I was doing much of the talking and it was going great. But somewhere along the way my right achilles decided it didn't like what I had done. On the next three miles I was going slower but it was burning pretty good especially when I went up Heartbreak Hill. That is where the plan changed. I decided to take the last mile home slowly and then jump in the truck to go to Springville instead. I thought I might be able to get a few more miles in over there while I was waiting for things to start but it didn't feel right so I didn't. I'm thinking that with the UV 1/2 then Ragnar the next week I haven't quite given myself the rests I have needed as a still fairly inexperienced runner. I am going to watch this carefully and try to get it better before it gets worse. I may be a little over protective this next week to see if that helps. I hate to do that because I have been enjoying too many treats this past month and I need to run to make up for all of them! : ) It was very fun to watch Tom at his finish line though! Whenever we both run I never get to be there to cheer him in. | 
