Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

Tom has the day off work today so we slept in a bit and then went to Payson Canyon. We had to take two cars, (not very efficient). We parked one at Pateetneet and then drove up to the base of The Grotto trail. The first 4-5 miles are down hill and then it has rolling and flat with a more gradual down hill from there.

Since it's my first time down I will document my splits for future reference.

8:13 7:19 7:34 7:38 7:43 8:20 8:05 8:25 over all average 7:55

Crazy animal encounter of the day..."Preacher Cow" The sun was just poking over the mountain for their sunrise sermon. The main herd was corralled inside their fence. One cow, (Preacher Cow), stood outside the fence and up on a bit of a hill looking down over his little flock. He would let out a loud "Moooo" and the others would all respond with their "Amens", (or amoooons).

Just a regular old 5 mile run with no animal encounters or much action.  Just some discussion with Kellie P. about this and that.  Legs feel good after my down hill yesterday.  I do feel it a little bit in my calves.  I thought it would be more in the front of my legs.  I am glad my back is cooperating with this whole "run a marathon" idea I have in my mind.  So far, so good.

A few weeks ago I mentioned that my legs don't really get very sore.  Well, Coach Tom took that as his own personal challenge.  This week he took me 8 miles down Payson Canyon.  Today when I went out for 3x1mile repeats I wasn't sure if my legs were going to cooperate.  They did and it was a good workout.  It is kind of nice to feel a bit of soreness to know that I am working hard.  

Nice morning run with a couple of different running buddies.  Tom was able to have a little extra sleep and lower miles today.  I met up first with Kellie P.  Then finished up 2 with Tom.

I ran with the SF group this morning.  There was quite a crowd out today.  I mostly ran with Jill and Jennifer.  We kept a speedier pace than I was anticipating for today, but it felt good.  

8:45  7:52  7:56  8:40  8:42  8:33  8:33  9:05  (last .4 = 8:43)

Family reunion time today.  We haven't had a reunion with this side of the family for several years so it should be nice to visit with some cousins we haven't seen for a while.