This morning's run didn't go as planned, but it's all good. Larry said he and Nick were going to meet Joe Judd, a former neighborhood runner who now lives a few blocks outside the neighborhood, at 5:30am instead of 5:45am. I decided to go out early and join them. What I didn't know was that 5:30am meant 5:20am and meeting at Joe's house at 5:30am. After determining I was alone, I decided to run 1/2 mile loops around the block to see if anyone came out at 5:45am. Nobody did but I kept running loops anyway. After a bit I came around the corner to see Larry, Nick and Joe walking up my street. They were following the neighborhood 5K course and were taking a walking break. Joe hasn't run for a while. I finished my loop around the block and met them at the NE corner and ran then walked then ran with them back to Joe's house. It was enjoyable chatting there for a while, but I wasn't getting much running in. We eventually left and I ran back home with Larry and Nick. I had 18 minutes before I had to be home so I left them and got another couple of miles in (loop to 1200 N and 400 E) for a total of 5.5 miles. That didn't seem like enough, so after family scriptures and prayer I ran another couple of miles worth of loops around the block until it was time to take my daughter to school. I ended up with a total of 7.5 miles. The ankle I rolled on Saturday was pretty stiff and sore Sunday morning, but loosened up pretty quickly. It was still a little stiff and sore this morning, but much less so and loosened up and didn't bother me during my run. I'm planning my first two-a-day in a long time tomorrow. I'm looking forward to my first noon trail run with Grant and Joe and company from work. I hope I can keep up.
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