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up up and away to the east side feeling like george jefferson lol mind and body not really feeling up for it until i actually hit the road then it was on not all that speedy just calm smooth and relaxed with a light heart and everything just flowing to think i almost let myself out of running today and what a great time i would have missed out on lately it takes some prodding to get me going but once i get out there it ends up being ssssoooo awesome lol  

then to round out my day went for a 10 mile bike ride/bike walk ha ha would have been longer but got a flat seems that even slime tubes are not invinceable  after stopping and airing up a few times then riding and so on the tube gave out all together so i enjoyed walking the bike back home yyyaayyy

driving home watching the clouds building thinking if i hurry i can get a few in before it starts raining...or maybe i will get to run in the rain how refreshing going north on redwood from 119th toward 104th south wind swirling sprinkling raindrops falling or being driven by the wind more the case west on 104th thinking i will most surely get soaked through by the time i reached 2700 west the threatening sky was bluish black prepared for what was on the way i kept my stride and just kept going to 134th south then west again the sky was starting to clear and wind subsiding a bit coolish temps settling in north again on 3600 west still relaxed and feeling good back to 118th south turning east to 27th west north to 114th south east to redwood and back home wow another new and interesting route with some hill work not too much but constant changing like a figure 8 woo hoo how fun is that getting home cleaning up and finish with 1/2 hour of yoga and stretching AMAZING NIGHT

leaving the house in a lackidasical mood not very interested in much of anything lol thinking maybe 8 for tonight let my mind unwind getting up to state street and 123rd deciding to go a little more maybe 10 at 7th east turned for 114th looks like my 13 mi trip keep plodding along not paying attention to much just breathing relaxed and steady getting back down to redwood still light outside...bonus... finish my warm down getting home realized i was actually a little faster than i thought :) stretched out and grabbing a snack with a smile on my face  

Getting home at 6:10 figured I have just enough time to get a fast one in before Travis' game starting out at a faster pace until getting to 104th and having to make a pit stop lol .

 So with time ticking away so to speak pushing myself a bit harder than before but feeling sssoo much better picked up the pace rounding the corner at 2700 w and 104th started to really stride somewhere between 10k pace and h/m pace lungs really opening up good to push myself once in a while .

  Thinking as I turned west on 126th I am in the home stretch so to speak then the rain starts to come light at first and increasing every few steps refreshing cooling but the wind was not so much

  Finally at redwood soaked and rejuvinated stopped by my house grabbed my back pack and finished out the remaining mile to the ball park to stretch and watch my youngest yay they did not win but as always it was a treat to watch him play

Starting late (9:25 pm) was going to get an easy relaxed run in starting slow and finding good flow thought to myself I would try to take longer slower strides and go for the smooth gliding feel  about 1.5 to 2 mi in was feeling great not breathing too hard amazingly relaxed .

  I must have found a new gear or something because although I was not working as hard I was covering ground very quickly yay think I tapped int a new zen like running form that allows me to go faster and farther without as much effort what an amazing discovery 

    Was set to get my run in on the track at olympus high school while trav practiced before his game but when we got there the field was a soggy mess un-playable so we meandered around a bit and back home.

  Being that i was all dressed to run and all went out under the overcast skies for some r&r running and relaxing lol turned north and into my temple loop route (119th to 90th on redwood east to 13th west south to 128th so west to redwood back to 114th and then finish at 119th ) has some rolling ups and downs without being monotonous.

   A bit muggy and i was a little over dressed but not really too bad not being usrd to running while its light out lol and the clouds burning off was good change of pace the roads had dried fairly well but there were still some soggy spots in gravel and squishy mud tried my best to avoid them as much as possible

   Lately been trying to take a day off a week usually fridays since work and kids and everything ends up being a very busy evening but feel so bla and all deciding maybe even just gettiing 3 or 5 in even if its on the treadmill my body seems to like that better i think