Rhett

16 Trail miles in the dark.  Went down 3 times, not too hard though...guess my legs were still tired.

After falling 3 times on my trail run yesterday, I needed a mentally easy, turn my brain off run, so I ran 2 miles to the gym, jumped on the TM with my headphones on, set it to 7.5 mph, ran for 2 hours on cruise control, then ran back home.

Total run 19 miles

Avg HR 132

I felt much better today on the trails after yesterdays mental break on the TM.

16 miles, finished fast and strong, and stayed upright the whole way.
 

Another 16 on the trails.  Felt pretty good again today.
 

33 easy miles

First 15 solo, followed by 18 with Blake

Avg HR 136

4 hours, 34 minutes

I was planning on following up my 33 miler yesterday with a 20 miler today, but...

An extreme, acute pain in my lower right abdomen woke me this morning about 1:30.  I tried all sorts of things to see if it would go away but the pain just kept increasing.  At 3:30 AM I checked myself into the ER thinking I might have an appendicitis.  After some blood work, a urine sample, and a CT scan, it was determined I was passing a kidney stone.  They game me some real nice drugs, monitored me for a while, and sent me home.  I was back in bed feeling pretty good by 6:00.  

I woke up a little before 9:00 and was feeling good, so I threw on my trail running gear.  When I walked into the kitchen, my wife looked at me like I was crazy, heading out for a run after the night I had.  I went anyways but cut my previously planned 20 miler to a 12 mile trail run.  It was a beautiful morning and I felt really good...probably the lingering effects of the narcotics.

One funny thing at the hospital...when they first sat me down and hooked me up the the machines, the nurse had a panicked look and ask me if it was normal that I had a really low heart rate. It was at 42.  I simply said, "yes, I run a lot."  Then for the rest of the time I was there, I kept hearing him warn everyone who would come into my room,  not to worry about how low my heart rate was.