Wow! What a way to make a come back to running, 6 weeks since I last ran, 14 weeks since I ran without agonizing pain. My wife is always jealous of my traveling and says I'm just on vacation all the time. Normally I tell her it's no vacation and I have to work the entire time. Well not this trip, she has every reason to be jealous of this one, I'm livin the dream. I'm staying at the Eden Roc hotel on Miami South beach, they put me in a huge suite with a balcony and my bed is facing the window so when I wake up in the morning I look out on to the beach and ocean. I woke up at 5:00 am expecting it to be light for some reason, layed in bed and at 5:30 decided it wasn't getting light anytime soon so I headed to the hotel gym, did 1 elliptical mile and then decided to try out the ol' leg, hopped on the treadmill, started slow and then worked my way up to 7:00 /mile pace. Ran 3 miles in just under 23 minutes, it started getting light so I headed outside. Ran along the boardwalk for 2.5 miles and then decided to try barefoot running on the beach back, took off my shoes and carried them. Ran along the beach line with the waves hitting my feet, if felt great. It was brutally hot and humid this morning, and I've never done it before but I decided I was at the beach and would normally just be in a swimsuit anyway so I took my shirt off and ran barefoot and shirtless. Loved every minute of my run this morning, it felt good and my hip never acted up at all. 8 miles may have been a little over zealous for my first run back but hey, you can't argue with a run like that. Now off to the part my wife shouldn't be jealous of, work. | 