El Burro Blanco

6 miles in the morning. 

6.15 miles in the early evening.

I woke up and did an easy 6 miles in a new pair of shoes over into Santa Clara.  Everything felt great this morning.  The weather was awesome.

Katey, Norah, and I went to a play of one of my students and on the way home Katey dropped me off on the side of the road and told me to run home.  I got out of the car and ended up averaging 6:39/mile overall.  Legs are slowly starting to get some life back into them.

Met up with Clyde at his house and ran the River Loop.  Cooler temperatures made for perfect running conditions.  Didn't stress about the pace, just the conversation.  It was fun listening to Clyde talk about all of the fun he was having on his vacation.  I need to get out of town!

Nice and hot this afternoon.  Started at the house and then went over into Santa Clara.  Just wanted to stay relaxed and not worry about too much.  Just beat the 7:00 minute guy.  Nothing fancy.

8 miles in the morning with Clyde.  We started at his house and did the River Loop again.  We didn't extend like we usually do.  It was a little slow this morning but the cooler temps made for a wonderful run.

8.5 miles with the club tonight.  We went up to the light to get a mile in and then met up with everyone to do the Bloomington Loop.  It was pretty hot today on the run.  It was nice to have a big group out tonight.  Good to be running with the guys again.

Easy 6 miles around the neighborhood this afternoon.  I finished at my parents and wasn't feeling that great.  The 90+ degree weather didn't help out any.  I ended up losing my lunch which made me feel a lot better.  Got some more fluids in and some food which helped out a ton.

We took Norah swimming for the first time today and she loved it.  It was a lot of fun.

Went and ran Utah Hill this morning with James, Dave, Clyde, Steve, Aaron, and Hayden.  It was fun running with these guys.  We started at the power lines 5 miles out of Littlefield, Arizona and ran up the hill 10 miles and then came back down.  It is a long, grinding hill but it makes it worth it on the way back down.  We kept it nice and easy all the way to the top and then hit it hard on the way back.

I was looking at doing about 8 solid miles back down to the truck and then relax for the last two.  I feel good now and slowly want to get back into the swing of  things so I didn't want to overdo it.  We got fluids at the top and we were off.  Hayden and Aaron dropped all of us like we were bad habits.  I stayed with Clyde for a couple miles and then Dave sprinted by us.  Clyde picked it up even more after that.  Here are my splits for the 8 miles: 5:43, 5:30, 5:29, 5:22. 5:15, 5:12, 5:18, 5:26.  I was happy with this and then finished with a couple 6:00 miles. 

I am happy about the workout and I just need to stay patient and trust my training.  I know I will get back into some pretty decent shape.  Just need to be patient.