Every Race is an Adventure!

I ran at noon with Nathan, Will, Darin, and Tyler. Will kept it short as he is still recovering from his knee surgery. Nathan and Tyler turned back after a couple of miles. Nathan had to get to a meeting. Darin and I completed the 5.2 mile Lake View course. I was worried about stomach cramps, but they held off until I got back.

It was a beautiful fall day and I enjoyed the run. Darin helped me average 7:55/mi for the run. I think it's the first time I've run a sub-8:00 pace since the marathon. It's nice to know I still can. I still think it will be a while before I try sub-7:00.

I met Larry at 5:45am, no Wayne. Larry came out to tell me he had a conflict and couldn't run. I ran 3 miles solo on the neighborhood 5K course then took the dog for a walk. I may go out again at noon.

AM. I ran some easy miles with Larry towards the canyon and back. We stopped at Building Q (where I start working on Nov. 10) and explored it a bit. I've heard some of the buildings have showers and I was hoping to find some in Q. No luck, but we didn't really look that hard. Verdon told me today there are some in K he used to use.

PM. I ran the Lake View route with Nathan, Cory, and Darin. My average pace was 8:20. It was nice to have lots of company for my final noon run. The weather was sunny and warm, well above normal for late October. It was awesome. After the run I cleaned out my locker in the fitness center and turned in my lock. I'm sure going to miss the noon runs with my Novell buddies. Tom's going to have to keep blogging (once he gets healed and running again) so I can keep up a little on how everyone's doing.

Wayne finally made it out this week and he, Larry and I ran 5.5 easy miles up towards the canyon and back. The weather sure has been nice this week for late October.

I'm blogging this a few days late, but better late than never I guess. I ran up to Provo Canyon to the Timpanogos Park and back with Larry and Wayne. On our way back down the trail we passed Josse and group of runners she was with.

The run was rather uneventful until about 1.5 miles from home. I had been running towards the center of the road all morning because it was dark and I didn't want to step on anything on the side of the road. We had just turned a corner and I looked back to see if Larry's dog was still with us. As I turned forward I was suddenly limping in pain. I had apparently stepped on something on the side of the road and rolled my left ankle again. Larry was a little behind me and looked around in the early morning light for what I had stepped on. He said I must have tripped on a shadow. I always have to find what I stepped on so I limped back a few steps. I couldn't see anything either, but then I saw the round golf ball-sized rock less than a foot from his feet. It was well disguised.

As usual, I tried running it off as we headed home. It wasn't long before it started feeling a little better. It hurt pretty good all day Saturday, but I was able to walk on it.