Moving Forward

Had a pretty good run... I ran down the parkway but only got a couple miles into it when I needed to find a potty...so I went out onto the road and then about .75 miles found a fast food place to have a potty break. Even though it was still light I decided to go back down the parkway. I love running here but there are no street lights so when it gets dark it's really not the best place to run. I snaked my way around the blocks back to the gym to make up for the miles I could not get on the parkway. I don't mind the cold temps, but I hate running in the dark!

AP: 8:46

I was very late getting off work today. I had to tour a group of people around our facility. It was not suposed to make me late but they had way too many questions. This inturn made me late for my massage appointment, but luckily for me Nate did not have anyone scheduled after me so he waited for me. So all of that made me very late for my run... I ended up running on the treadmill at the gym and did the last mile barefoot. I think next time I do a barefoot run I will run on the indoor track at the gym. The treadmill tends to get a bit hot on my feet. I usually don't like the indoor track because I know that I will loose count and either short myself on miles or add too much. I guess adding to much would not be a problem.

I got a late start to my run again! Had another tour to do at work, but I was better at keeping them on schedule today. But when I got the the gym to change my clothes I got caught up in a conversation with a young girl. We have talked before... we both have the same thyroid condition. But I guess she is having some difficulties now. So I talk with her for a bit to try and help her. don't know if I did any good. But after a bit I just gave her my email address and asked if we could continue the conversation via email. Hope I didn't offend. 

Ran up the parkway for a bit then around the city to make a bit over 6 miles... then did one mile barfoot on the indoor track. I think that is enough barefoot running for this week, my PF in my left heel started to bug a bit. 

Ran on my lunch break today and it was very nice. I will try to run at lunch tomorrow also. I figured since I have been staying late to help with the tours I was a little bit more justified to run at lunch. Hopefully my boss feels the same.

Anyway even though my left heel was pretty buggy the entire run it felt so good to be out in the sunny daylight! When I run here at luch there are a few different routs I have. Most of the time I run down the unused train trakes to get onto the parkway. You can go either south or north ( I usually go south... I think I can get more miles that direction) So I ran north today and there was some workers paving some of the the trail that has not been paived. I got to be the first person to run on the new asphalt! It was steal warm in places. Running this direction also has the draw back of the live train track that you need to cross, and sure enough today there was a train. So I back tracked a bit to let it pass. I have been yelled at by workers before. The tracks are ellivated to the path so I thought it was better to stay out of sight til the train had passed. I had the fort to myself and circled the pond twice. Then I needed to circle the parking lot just a bit to make it an even 5.

If I run this direction tomorrow... I might go out onto some other paths to try to get the milage I want.

I think my AP was 9:05... I slowed quite a bit in the last mile, I think this was when I reall started to feel my heel... so off to get my frozen water bottle for my feet. :) have a happy Thursday bloggers!

Skipped out at lunch time again to get my run in. I ran down into the fort again... and it was great! I have always noticed a sign that said "Kingsford Wetlands Loop" and had alway wondered what it was about so I decided to go exploring today. It's a nice little dirt trail and a couple of wooded bridges around a little pond with lots of cattails. There is a big steep hill at the back end of it... tons of fun!! The I ran the outer path in the fort... felt pretty nice. I thought that I had turned off my garmin but whe I got back to my desk to enter this run I looked at it and it was still running. So needless to say that wonked up my AP for the run LOL. I was a bit slower today I estimate that my AP was about 9:30.

Well is it almost noon on Sunday and I've at last found a minute to blog about my Saturday run. I had put my garmin in a coat pocket and didn't remember until I was at Sue's house so this was a low tech run... We ran the parkway by her house... nice slow and easy. I have estimated the miles, it was probably a bit more but I'm happy with 8. I guess this was a low mileage week. Not too bad though with all the holidays and stuff coming up I hope I can maintain about 35-40 miles a week. Then I will start picking up more miles after the first of the year.