Long May You Run

10 easy flat miles out and back from home.  1:29:32  8:57 ave

10 miles out and back from home.  1:24:33  8:27 ave

16 miles out and back from home.  2:14:53  8:26 ave.

I was mainly interested in doing the distance without regard to pace.  I felt good after 4 or 5 miles so I decided to speed it up a little.

8:55  8:58  9:00  8:57  8:35  8:16  8:24  8:22  8:35  8:34  8:06  7:57  8:17  7:58  8:07  7:53

Crazy home remedy.  Castor oil.  my neck has been killing me, the old pain in the neck.  Rubbed castor oil on the back of my neck, wrapped it in castor soaked flannel and covered with saran wrap.  Kept in on all day yesterday and the pain was reduced significantly.  This has worked better than anything else outside of chiropractic or massage.  Since it was so effective on my neck, I tried in on my achillies tendons.  Success there too.  Who would have thought.  My wife found this home remedy in a magazine. 

10 miles out and back from home.  Clear sky, wow, what a change.  1:31:50  9:11 ave.  Slow and easy.  I did not care one bit about the pace.  Very enjoyable run and scenic.  Oquirrh mountains in full view.

6 miles out and back from home.  Didn't feel like running at all, but made myself do it anyway.  As always, glad I did.  51:15  8:33 ave.  Started out slow and sluggish, then I decided to do some fartlek.  I don't usually do fartlek but I really enjoyed it.  I turned in what was going to be a slow grind into a pretty decent work out.

9 miles behind the Capitol and along 11th ave.  1:16:17  8:29 ave.   Eating a lot of sugary kind of things.  Toffee, cookies and pecan pie.  I put myself in a coma yesterday with a toffee overload.  It's amazing what this stuff does to you when you're not used to it.