I forgot-on-purpose to bring my Garmin. I know I'm running slowly--I don't really need to know how slow. My nose is still snotty and I can still feel my achilles tendon a bit in the beginning. I hoped the rest in the past few days would ease it up, but from my experience with tendonitis (every major tendon I have, has had it at some time or another) it takes 6-10 months to heal (with or without rest). I guess that's just me. It was hurting a little since before Boston from the hill repeats I did so frequently to train. I should have taken those first two weeks after Boston slower. It takes a lot of discipline to get that much training done, run a good race, and then bring it down a notch for 2-3 weeks just so you can start again with equal intensity. It's much easier to keep up the momentum--but then stuff starts falling apart (your immune system, your tendons, your energy level, etc). Today--since it was overcast, I thought I'd run up Rock Canyon again, but as soon as I stepped out the door and felt how warm it was, I immediately changed my route to run to my favorite water fountain at the mouth of the Canyon. I didn't bring a hand held water bottle with me today, and I was thirsty from about the second I left my office. It was a nice easy run. I stopped and stretched at the traffice lights, I drank at my fountain--washed my red, overheated face, ran slowly downhill, looked at trees, felt the breeze blowing up off the river. It felt like 12 minute miles. Thouroughly enjoyable. | 