Ran the water tank hills this morning. Since I was tapering last week and didn't push the hills, I promised Kevin I'd push the hills with him this week and give him a challenge. I thought I might be last up the hill. I decided I'd be first. I couldn't see anyone behind he. It was like I was running alone. OK, I confess, I was running alone. Larry's out of town. Wayne called last night and is having foot trouble. I'm not sure why Kevin didn't make it out...afraid of me beating him up the hills maybe? Nah, he probably just slept in.
I climbed the 5 hills in 16:15. I think this is pretty close to a PR, but I haven't kept very good track over the years. I was a little surprised it was that fast. I wasn't pushing at top effort, and it was pretty dark, so I had to watch my footing, and there was a headwind. My foot felt pretty good yesterday after skipping my run. I was scared this morning when shortly after I got up I felt the pain again. I almost skipped today's run, too, but decided to try running on it. I'm glad I did. It didn't bother me at all while running, and has felt pretty good since.
With working late last night with India again, and having the car in the shop, I didn't get into work until just before noon (got a ride from my son Adam). I stopped by the fitness center to see if anyone was going out for a run, but I didn't see anyone. I decided I'd better get some work done, so I skipped the noon run, grabbed a small taco salad to go from the cafeteria, and headed to my office to work and eat (and blog my run).
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